Initiated Measure 22 ran 70 sections, 15,388 words, but achieved all of its main campaign finance reforms (not counting Democracy Credits and the ethics commission)…
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A good fifteen months out from the 2018 Republican convention, we have three announced candidates for the SDGOP’s nomination for attorney general. Lawrence County state’s attorney John…
Headlines should match their photos, right? One, two, three… yesterday’s Aberdeen job fair sure doesn’t look crowded. The 175 folks laid off by Molded Fiber Glass last month must all…
Don’t call me next Friday afternoon; my March 24 is spoken for: On Friday, March 24, 2017, the South Dakota Advisory Committee to the U.S.…
Among the items on the Animal Industry Board’s Monday, March 20 agenda is a “proposal for changes to captive nondomestic mammal possession rules to allow…
The newest Dakota Free Press Podcast is ready for your earbuds! In this week’s show…: Co-host Spencer Dobson and I express our love for snowplow…
South Dakota to Spend 0.73% Less in FY2018… and Some Education Funding Notes! Senator Stace Nelson is already cranky about the state budget. This fun…
Attorney General Marty Jackley secured EB-5 czar Joop Bollen’s plea bargain last month; now the Governor’s office announces another bit of its GOED/EB-5 scandal swept…
South Dakota took the first full legislative swing of 2017 at homosexuals, atheists, gun owners, folks who sleep in on Sunday morning, and other sinners with…
Life seems so unfair sometimes: a guy works hard networking, running around the state to more than 50 meetings to beat back ballot measures for the party,…