The state isn’t just giving away varmint traps; it’s teaching people how to use them: Being involved in a recent series of trapper education courses…
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If the Deadwood gambling or anyone else hits the streets with initiative petitions this year, I’m happy to share this guidance for circulating petitions, which…
The batch of road and bridge bids that the state Transportation Commission accepted in the first half of April came in 7.64% above estimates. The…
Even Senator Mike Rounds has to admit that Donald Trump’s rabid and thoughtless xenophobia is hurting South Dakota businesses: Members of the South Dakota congressional…
The FY2018 state audit report that the Government Operations and Audit Committee will review at tomorrow’s meeting includes this schedule of expenditures of federal funds…
The Government Operations an Audit Committee meets Wednesday to review, among other matters, the Single Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2018. Bob Mercer reports that…
Following up on yesterday’s post about how Huron, Brookings, and other rural communities depend on immigration for their economic survival, an eager reader asked, “What…
January, February, March—for three straight months, South Dakota state government has taken in less money than it needs to cover its Fiscal Year 2019 budget.…
Never let a good logo go to waste: Billie Sutton is putting that lovely green, blue, and gold rising sun logo from his failed gubernatorial…
The new USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture offers one sad statistic of overarching importance for South Dakota: for the first time since statehood, the number…