The plaintiffs in the Poor Bear v. Jackson County lawsuit concerning equal voting rights for Indians said they wouldn’t back down. Now they have filed their…
Tag: South Dakota
With one initiative petition certified and seven more pending, interested citizens may be wondering about the viability of challenging any of these petitions. The first consideration is…
After watching the processing time for rape kits nearly double over the last eight years from 30 days to 55, Attorney General Marty Jackley has finally…
John Tsitrian doesn’t think country-of-origin labeling (COOL) makes much business sense for meatpackers. He’s worked in cattle, and he considers COOL “burdensome and unnecessary.” Yet even…
State Rep. Paula Hawks (D-9/Hartford) announces that she has scaled back her campaign for U.S. House during the last several weeks because of a family health issue.…
The Human Rights Campaign has released its 2015 Municipal Equality Index, a measure of how well city policies and ordinances respect the LGBT residents. Since I…
That Sioux Falls paper’s new political reporter decided to write a Sunday piece about the South Dakota Democratic Party. Dana Ferguson’s report included the following statements:…
Last week I discovered that Governor Dennis Daugaard has actually expanded South Dakota’s general fund expenditures faster than the national average and faster than his…
The billions of dollars the Department of Agriculture credits to agriculture are magic math. South Dakota’s entire GDP is only $45.9 billion. Agriculture cannot generate 55% of…
Former State Senator Stanford Adelstein pays me to advertise his blog, but he doesn’t have to pay me to link to his solution to raising teacher pay…