We tried this heading into the 2014 Session; let’s try it again! Dakota Free Press readers include some of the sharpest policy thinkers in state. So let’s…
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That Sioux Falls paper’s new political reporter decided to write a Sunday piece about the South Dakota Democratic Party. Dana Ferguson’s report included the following statements:…
Senator Jeff Monroe (R-24/Pierre) continues to make stuff up to excuse his resistance to the Blue Ribbon K-12 panel’s teacher pay proposal. At the Stanley County…
Scott Meyer is young, brilliant, ambitious… and moving out of South Dakota. After winning election to the Brookings City Commission just this spring, Meyer announced last month…
Tasi Livermont offers a two-part (so far!) report on South Dakota’s teacher shortage and the challenge facing the 2016 Legislature to do something about it with the Blue Ribbon K-12…
The State Innovation Exchange has released a letter signed by legislators from 31 states reminding Americans that we can keep our country safe and welcome immigrants and refugees to…
Bob Mercer notices another task force producing lots of talk but little apparent action: There was enthusiasm to some degree when Rep. Don Haggar, R-Sioux Falls, received…
DFP Full Analysis of Blue Ribbon K-12 Panel Final Report: Most Important Blue Ribbon Finding: South Dakota Must Raise Teacher Pay Crunching Blue Ribbon Numbers:…
DFP Full Analysis of Blue Ribbon K-12 Panel Final Report: Most Important Blue Ribbon Finding: South Dakota Must Raise Teacher Pay Crunching Blue Ribbon Numbers:…
Don’t get my crabby analysis wrong: the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students says a lot of good things in the final report it issued…