And Bonus: SB 177 Means Fewer Kids Get Jobs! I’ve mentioned the training wage, known as the “opportunity wage” in South Dakota, in a couple of…
Tag: youth
While we’re talking about ways to fight the poverty and despair that drive the high youth suicide rates on South Dakota’s Indian reservations, Mr. Kurtz notices that First…
High school Democrats! If you’re looking for a way to get involved with the correct side of South Dakota politics, here’s an opportunity. The High School Democrats of…
Brookings friends! Are you looking for a chance to sign the petitions to refer SB 69 and SB 177 to a public vote? Tuesday—tomorrow!—is your day! Circulators…
In South Dakota, when our political leaders talk about giving young workers an opportunity, they mean, “Cut their pay a dollar, and let them be…
Meanwhile, my volunteers and I are out circulating petitions to refer the youth minimum wage and the anti-democratic petition reform bill… and KSFY gives us…
Senator David Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) spent ten minutes reading a script to the Aberdeen City Council this evening about his youth minimum wage bill. When Novstrup finished, the council…
Governor Dennis Daugaard writes veto letters explaining why he rejects a handful of bills from the Legislature, but he usually doesn’t provide signing letters telling…
Fellow English teacher Dominique Alan Fenton steps to the mic with the shockingly high numbers of youth suicide attempts on Pine Ridge: Between December 1…
One misconception about Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage, came up yesterday in my conversation with Rick Knobe on KSOO Viewpoint University. As we discussed our…