According to UNL’s Drought Monitor, as of July 11, 72% of South Dakota land was in drought, and another 21% was “abnormally dry.” On Wednesday,…
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I’ve attended two Democratic candidate kick-offs this year, Senator Billie Sutton’s gubernatorial announcement on May 31 and Judge Tim Bjorkman’s Congressional announcement on July 13. Since…
While I was out doing original reporting, the SDGOP spin blog was printing anonymous memy bunk and its sponsors‘ press releases. Boring… and, in the…
After his first big campaign speech, Democratic U.S. House candidate Tim Bjorkman huddled with reporters for thirteen minutes of Q&A. KELO TV used about 20…
Tim Bjorkman’s first speech as a Democratic candidate for U.S. House brought out about 170 of Bjorkman’s friends, family, colleagues, and interested political types. Among…
Recently retired judge Tim Bjorkman held the first public event of his U.S. House campaign yesterday evening in Canistota. The Democratic candidate spoke to a…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Billie Sutton appears to agree with me that that South Dakota Democrats can win by attacking the Trump/Kobach commission’s attempted invasion of our…
KELO Radio’s Mark Russo misreads Joe Kirby’s open primaries amendment and the newly released Attorney General’s explanation. Russo mistakes the Kirby amendment for last year’s…
Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs), one of South Dakota’s most conservative legislators, sat down today for a one-on-one interview with Dakota Free Press, South Dakota’s…
A couple weeks ago, the Legislative Research Council issued a prison/jail fiscal impact statement for New Approach South Dakota’s recreational marijuana initiative. Using the surprising…