We can break down the top stories of 2016 many different ways. I like to crowdsource the analysis. First, let’s look at viewership stats. Out of…
Tag: South Dakota
Having poked my religious neighbors, I now yield the floor to quasi-fellow Aberdonian Pastor Steve Hickey, who offers this review of South Dakota politics in…
Thursday morning’s Aberdeen paper ran Megan Raposa’s November 28 report on home-schooling. I found the report interesting in its concerted effort to de-emphasize the role of…
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones nicely defends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from Fox News’s latest poorly sourced and exaggerated attack on our efforts to help our neighbors eat. The…
Black Elk Peak isn’t as tall as we thought it was. Black Hills photographer Paul Horsted enlisted Nebraska surveyor Jerry Penry to remeasure the mountain and…
In October I reported that New Approach South Dakota was planning to petition a “Death with Dignity” initiative onto our 2018 ballot. Last week Attorney…
The Legislative Research Council updated its revenue report last week to show how we’re doing on general fund receipts through November. Due mostly to lagging sales…
Record-breaking cold like Sunday’s isn’t stopping folks from moving to South Dakota. According to new Census data posted by Governing, South Dakota is tied with Maine for the…
South Dakota engineering firm RESPEC has three competitors for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Deep Borehole Field Test: RESPEC’s competitors for the project are AECOM,…
As I suffer Bob Mercer withdrawal, I review the Pierre reporter’s December 8th Tweets and notice this pointed observation of the Koch Brothers’ hypocrisy: To review: Koch Brothers’ propaganda…