My friend Scott D. Meyer is running for Brookings City Council. His ideas about community development offer a welcome challenge to the conventional South Dakota…
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Hat tip to Larry Kurtz! Just the day before House State Affairs o.k.’ed the petition reform package that makes it harder for candidates to get…
Accused of undermining the will of the electorate by proposing a bill to alter the minimum wage passed by South Dakota voters last November, Senator…
After a month-long delay since passage in the Senate, the petition reform package finally moved through House State Affairs Friday. Senate Bills 67, 68, and…
Whatever political game the Republican caucus is playing with sexual abuse of children, Governor Dennis Daugaard has said, knock it off. Yesterday Governor Daugaard announced…
Dual credit is a great program. South Dakota high school students can take university classes for a discount ($40 per credit!) and count their credits toward both their high school and university…
House State Affairs did something strange yesterday. Last year, the South Dakota Legislature unanimously approved creating a task force to study sexual abuse of children…
Young readers, two numbers: $1.00 605-773-3212 $1.00 is the pay cut you will take if South Dakota’s Legislature has its way. Last November, South Dakota…
An eager reader checks on the churchiness of our fine state and finds South Dakotans don’t go to church much more often than Minnesotans… or…
Here’s a political consistency question to chew on at lunch: South Dakota voters have approved constitutional amendments that require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to impose…