Governing posts unemployment data that might make David Novstrup think his youth minimum wage was a good idea. According to new U.S. Department of Labor data for…
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I am officially reaching the old-man stage. When I turn on pop radio, the new “songs” they play to get kids to buy stuff sound like angry,…
The Family Heritage Alliance’s political action committee has posted its scorecard for members of the 2015 Legislature. FHA Action rated our legislators on their votes on 19…
In 2013, 147 people committed suicide in South Dakota. Since December 2014, 19 young people have committed suicide just on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The Administration for Native…
Two for two! Secretary of State Shantel Krebs just told me that her team has certified the petition to refer Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage,…
Another teacher from the reservation gets the Pine Ridge youth suicide epidemic into the national press. Joe Flood follows Dominique Fenton in writing up the nine Lakota…
Dean Kurtz of Custer sends a fine letter to the editor of the Hot Springs Star criticizing Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage. He tells his neighbors that signing…
Kids just can’t catch a break on the prairie. Nebraska is currently considering a youth minimum wage that almost exactly parallels the kid-exploiting, voter-disrespecting Senate Bill 177 passed…
South Dakota’s smartest high school seniors will have the opportunity to ask Governor Dennis Daugaard why he thinks their labor is worth a dollar less tomorrow at…
One way to kill the argument for killing the youth minimum wage cut is to point out the foolishness on which kids spend their money, like…