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South Dakota Prioritizes Corporate Handouts over Head Start

The sequester will deny some 200 South Dakota kids the benefits of Head Start. It didn't have to: Senator Stanford Adelstein (R-32/Rapid City) proposed an amendment to the general appropriations bill in March that would have filled the sequester Head…

Adelstein’s Ticket to Beat Daugaard in 2014: Nelson-Nesselhuf?

Kevin Woster gives Senator Stanford Adelstein (R-32/Rapid City) some ink to muse about running for governor. Senator Adelstein uses his blog (which pays good money to advertise here... as should you!) to foment further discussion of an Adelstein statewide candidacy.…

Adelstein: Re-Fund Schools, Not Corporate Welfare

Senator Stan Adelstein (R-32/Rapid City) sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee. When he gets his hands on House Bill 1060, the bill adding millions of dollars to this year's state budget, expect a little ruckus. Senator Adelstein has noticed the…

SB 141 Increases Bonding Requirements for Mining Companies

In encouraging the Lawrence County Commission last summer to delay the Deadwood Standard Project's proposed Spearfish Canyon gold mine, Senator Stan Adelstein (R-32/Rapid City) said he planned to propose legislation to increase the bonding requirements on mining companies. Senator Adelstein…

Adelstein Commits Yellow Journalism in Opposition to Amendment “Pee”?

Constitutional Amendment P on our ballot would write redundant language into our state constitution to require a balanced state budget. Backers of the amendment characterize the amendment as wearing suspenders with a belt. I suggest that making our state constitution…

Gant “Did Not Comply with the Law”; Can We Fire the Secretary Yet?

Judge Mark Barnett has had to fix another of Secretary of State Jason Gant's screw-ups. Yesterday Judge Barnett ordered Secretary Gant to print 25,000 new voter information guides and revise the official online ballot issue explanations (already fixed! see, Jason?…