The December Board of Regents meeting (beginning tonight in Rapid City with dinner and executive session on personnel matters) includes a panel discussion Thursday afternoon on student debt and financial aid. The panel's agenda summary provides some insight on student…
Posts published in December 2011
Mr. Mercer notes (linklessly, alas) on the South Dakota Board of Regents' Academic Freedom Report. This annual report fulfills a non-statutory requirement that the Regents annually detail "the steps that each of our universities is taking to ensure intellectual diversity…
...and so should Pierre! Orland neighbor Charlie Johnson offers his perspective on the Madison-Rutland busing ruckus: During the last MHS renovation bond issue election, one of the most pressing arguments was the concern for the safety of the students. Rutland…
The Madison Central School Board met behind closed doors last night to accept a settlement with Rutland School District over Rutland's open-enrollment bus stops in Madison. The school board is remaining tight-lipped, saying it won't comment until the Rutland School…
Rep. Chuck Turbiville is sticking by his guns. As chair of the Legislature's executive board, Rep. Turbiville has ruled that the documents six legislators have requested in their investigation of possible violations of Legislative Research Council confidentiality are themselves confidential.…
Rep. Kristi Noem got her embarrassing, myth-based, no-jobs dust bill through the House last week. She's already lied about the health effects of the rural dust she wants to exempt from EPA regulations. Last week she lied from the floor…
Representative Frank Kloucek is holding eight public meetings this week to get public input on issues facing the Legislature and the state. I can think of no better way for our state legislators to get ready for the session than…
...and of course, "God hates queers." Sioux Falls has a new church, that's probably less likely to invite me in than Madison's new mosque. "Pastor"* Tod Phillips of Glory Baptist Church proclaims his church's freedom from "anything... contemporary or liberal."…