The Department of Public Safety’s Crash Analysis Tool breaks down accidents by county. As we’d expect, where there are more people, there are more crashes:…
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Speaking of car wrecks, the Department of Public Safety offers hours of clickable fun with its online Crash Analysis Tool (SDCAT! how can you not…
The bad news is that South Dakota saw an 11% jump in traffic fatalities in 2017. The good news is compared to history and other…
Knock another campaign issue off Kristi Noem’s list… kinda, sorta. Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakotans committed fewer violent crimes in 2017: “The crime…
…But Better Degree Bonuses in Minnesota Seth Tupper reports on a Georgetown study that finds that, in 2015, people without four-year degrees held 55% of…
Quick statistical note, for those of you setting policy priorities based on actual data (from 2007 through 2016): Number of South Dakotans killed by opioid…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs reports that the Trump gun slump continues in South Dakota. Her office issued 18,664 new and regular concealed-pistol permits in…
Readers talk a lot on Dakota Free Press. Who talks the most? Here are the 50 commenters who clicked “Post Comment” most frequently in 2017: Thirteen of…
While I wait for the LRC to post the text of the truckload of new bills whose titles they published yesterday, I’m musing over Legislative…