Todd Epp reported Friday that Mobridge, Aberdeen, Harrisburg*, and Canton* are all in "oil train blast zones," near rail lines carrying explosive crude oil shipments. According to the ForestEthics map, so are Lemmon, Milbank, much of Sioux Falls, and North…
Posts tagged as “Dusty Johnson”
When I first read about Daugaard Chief of Staff Dusty Johnson's comments contrasting the economic growth of the two Dakotas last week, I was puzzled as to why Johnson would think it necessary to tear down our northern neighbors' Bakken…
Joan Jett managed to sound perfectly adult and equanimous over the whole "Gotta eat meat to ride South Dakota's float" publicity fiasco. But once again, South Dakota's intolerant bunker mentality has made us look like yahoos. So to restore our…
The Lake County Republicans are holding their Lincoln Day Dinner Monday in Madison. (Curious: does anyone know why they hold a Lincoln Day dinner closer to the day Lincoln was shot than the day he was born?) Hot off insulting…
When Dusty Johnson announced he was giving up six more years on the Public Utilities Commission to be Dennis Daugaard's chief of staf, initial reports said Johnson would take his oath at the inauguration, then step down so his new…
The tickets for Governor-Elect Dennis Daugaard's balls are $25 a pop. Not bad for hanging out with swanky people and live music. For a different kind of balls, you can squeeze into the Capitol Rotunda for free at noon on…