Sioux Falls elementary teacher Jennifer Egstad puts the Common Core tests in proper perspective for her third-grade Spanish immersion students: The “Smarter Balanced” standardized tests…
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If I stretch, I can find two hopeful signs for Sioux Falls-area Democrats in Tuesday’s non-partisan municipal election. First, long-time agitator Theresa Stehly won a City…
Not only do Sioux Falls voters get to pick city councilors and school board members tomorrow, but they also get to vote on some municipal…
Key to securing passage of House Bill 1182, the sales tax to raise K-12 teacher pay, was Rep. Lee Schoenbeck’s (R-5/Watertown) amendment specifying that three percent of…
Sioux Falls is knocking down one of the last bricks of Jason Gant’s dubious legacy as Secretary of State. For next week’s municipal and school board elections, the…
Dakota War College reports that Alex Jensen wants to jump chambers and districts. The man still listed as a District 12 Representative wants to become the…
KELO-TV reports that store owners face a “learning curve” in implementing the half-penny increase in the state sales tax coming June 1: “I don’t know how that’s…
Sioux Falls makes Governing‘s list of 25 cities with the biggest increases in foreign-born residents compared to native population growth. From 2009 to 2014, Sioux Falls gained over 3,000…
Hey! There’s a pow-wow in Sioux Falls this weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ti3M98Kg8 The first Sioux Empire Wacipi takes place Friday through Sunday, February 26–28, at the Premier…
House Bill 1140, the latest move in Rep. G. Mark Mickelson’s ongoing effort to make it easier to build giant concentrated animal feeding operations in South…