The South Dakota Legislature’s Executive Board made one intelligent decision and one petty, spiteful, unproductive decision yesterday in Pierre. On the intelligent side, out of nineteen summer…
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The lesson this spring: don’t pass legislation that torques off folks in Aberdeen. A group calling itself South Dakota Veterans for Veterans has filed the papers necessary…
Senator Corey Brown (R-23/Gettysburg) wants to be Senate Majority Leader. Senator Corey Brown… hmm… isn’t that the guy who… fears democracy so much that he…
Why go to Mars when you can teach music in Groton? School superintendents Joe Schwan of Groton and Michael Kroll of Warner take to the Aberdeen…
Decent citizens beat back the bullying and harassment some of our regressive legislators and lobbyists dished out to transgender students during the 2015 Session. But some…
Even in Sioux Falls, one of the best-paying school districts in South Dakota, the three school board candidates say they want to pay their teachers more. Says challenger…
The press is just starting to get a grip on the more complicated of the two laws this blog is helping to refer to a public vote.…
Brown County’s emergency management director is feeling swamped. Scott Meints told the county commission yesterday that he and his sole staffer, Patti Woods, are putting…
You’d think unchecked power would have more appeal. Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave (R-25/Baltic) and Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dan Lederman (R-16/Dakota Dunes) commanded a Republican…
Governor Daugaard thinks we should tax amateur baseball coaches on the work they do for kids. To that end, he vetoed Senate Bill 159. Yesterday,…