Governor Dennis Daugaard showed signs this winter that he was abandoning the fantasy that South Dakota’s mythical low cost of living made up for South Dakota’s low…
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Faced with a challenge to his sponsor Senator John Thune, Pat Powers feels compelled to portray sensible policy statements from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jay Williams…
The South Dakota Education Association tucks a good-sized Easter egg into my Sunday paper: Again, “bold” in South Dakota means increasing a regressive sales tax, spending a…
Among the five vetoes Governor Dennis Daugaard issued yesterday was one seemingly admirable rebuff to corporate welfare. The Governor said no to Senate Bill 100, a measure…
What? Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed Senate Bill 159, the two-million-dollar giveaway of tax dollars to private schools via insurance companies, but he’s vetoed Senate Bill…
Hillary Clinton appears to have edged Bernie Sanders by one delegate in yesterday’s three Western primary/caucus votes. By Politico‘s count, Clinton won 59 delegates while Sanders won…
The final component of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon teacher pay raise plan is on the way to his desk. The Senate yesterday concurred with the House…
As she promised in committee last week, Senator Phyllis Heineman (R-13/Sioux Falls) voted yesterday against House Bill 1182, the funding for historic 20% pay raises for…
Throughout my blogging, I have consistently turned to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center’s posting of cost-of-living data from the Council for Community and Economic…