Last week I mentioned that Boys and Girls State appear to be suffering a long-term decline in numbers. Attendance at the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary events…
Tag: South Dakota
South Dakota is on top… of the lowest quintile for real state GDP growth in 2014: Two states—Alaska and Mississippi—posted GDP shrinkage in 2014. We almost joined…
In response to the upsetting news that idolized Valley Springs firefighter Steven Ackerman died fighting a Brandon house fire last April with a 0.189 blood alcohol content, Governor Dennis Daugaard…
Attorney General Marty Jackley has finished his fifth ballot measure explanation, this time for the medical marijuana initiative brought to us by Melissa Mentele and the…
I suspect the South Dakota Republcian Party will be more eager to whack us Democrats with this argument than state Democratic leaders will be to embrace and campaign…
Attorney General Marty Jackley is working to beat back the misinformation coming from diehard excusers of convicted felon Annette Bosworth. Saturday he told this blog that the state attempted to negotiate plea…
SDSU Extension has issued its annual report on agricultural land values in South Dakota. As expected, lower crop prices checked the increase of land values in East River, while higher…
Friend of the blog Roger Cornelius lives and works in Rapid City. He knows a thing or two about Indians working hard and succeeding in the…
In our discussion of the Blue Ribbon Task Force meetings on K-12 funding, commenter SuperSweet reminds us that South Dakota is sitting on three trillion dollars in…
Valley Springs volunteer fireman Steve Ackerman died fighting a house fire on April 12, 2015. Thousands of friends, firefighters, and well-wishers attended his funeral. Citizens created a…