Like the Benda/Bollen/GOED/EB-5 scandal before it, the Westerhuis/Melmer/MCEC/GEAR UP scandal is prompting Democrats to push for a state ethics commission. (Job #1 for such a commission:…
Tag: South Dakota
I feel downright dirty rebutting something Larry Kurtz says with something Pat Powers says, but here goes: The indomitable Mr. Kurtz repeats his contention that backing marijuana…
It’s final push time for initiative petitions! The organizers behind the seven initiated laws and five constitutional amendments approved for circulation by the Secretary of State have 27…
Bob Mercer sounds unimpressed with the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students. In his latest blog post, he appears to dismiss the 26-member panel’s…
South Dakota’s fiscal disrespect for teaching evidently extends beyond K-12 into our Regental system. The Board of Regents considered a proposal “to set tuition at zero and…
The payday lenders must be scared. As if circulating their fake 18%-rate-cap petition and hiring out-of-state mercenaries to “block” South Dakota petition circulators isn’t enough, Lisa Furlong’s payday-lender…
Murder-suicide, questionable finances, mishandling of federal funds, conflicts of interest, GOP cronyism—such are the words that have lit up our headlines the last couple weeks over the scandal…
Not flip-flopping on TPP: Lucas Lentsch, South Dakota Secretary of Factory Farming Agriculture. In March, Secretary Lentsch said the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be great for South Dakota ag…
Maybe we could fund Medicaid expansion by cutting the meeting budget for the state’s Health and Educational Facilities Authority. Bob Mercer reports that the HEFA board spent $5,858…
Hillary Clinton’s reversal to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership shows that Senator Bernie Sanders is winning (winning what, I’ll let the commentariat debate!). RNC chief Reince Priebus says Clinton’s…