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…
Tag: Sioux Falls
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…
Uh oh—another Madison High School debate alumnus is running for the South Dakota Senate! Hoping to join me in the upper chamber next winter is David Bergan. He…
If you’re disgusted with the South Dakota Legislature, a group called Accountable South Dakota wants you to come to coffee tomorrow morning. They are organizing a protest…
I love Sioux Falls Democratic Forum, not just because they sponsor this blog (thank you!), but, far more importantly, because they offer a great opportunity for…