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Frerichs Gets Senate Approval for Watershed Management Bill

Senator Jason Frerichs (D-1/Wilmot) got the Senate to advance his watershed management plan yesterday. Senate Bill 2, while significantly watered down, is a positive step toward dealing with drainage and other water quality issues in South Dakota. In its baby-steps…

SD Primary an Afterthought! Weiland Impossible! Dems Disappointed!

Who says South Dakota's primary is an afterthought? The Washington insiders at National Journal: If Democrats fall a seat short of holding the Senate, there will be a lot of second-guessing on the one race that never materialized but should…

Frerichs Says Farmers Don’t Need No Education

Can I get a break from my own party? To stop Republicans from destroying public schools and privatizing education, we need to make the case that public education is a common obligation, not a fee for service. And then Democratic…

Who Gets Kolbeck’s Seat? Daugaard’s PUC Options

The peanut gallery offers numerous nutty suggestions for the seat Commissioner Steve Kolbeck is abdicating on the Public Utilities Commission June 17. Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard gets to pick a replacement for the only Democrat in statewide elected office (besides…