Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) supports the "Working Families Flexibility Act" proposed by Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL). This bill would allow employers to offer employees comp time instead of overtime pay for extra hours worked. In her traditional Newspeak, when Noem…
Posts published in April 2013
The Board of Regents last week named former New Mexico Congresswoman Heather Wilson the new president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The Regents tout her public-sector experience, even though she is mostly a creature of government.…
During our professional development time at Spearfish High School yesterday, we discussed Susan Kruger's SOAR study skills program, which Spearfish HS will implement next school year. One of the key components of SOAR is a big binder in which students…
I was close! On Sunday, court swami said a judge would toss Sen. Dan Lederman's lawsuit against Daniel Willard and other as yet unidentified robocallers. Today, Second Circuit Court Judge Stuart Tiede didn't toss the suit... but he "peppered Lederman’s…
After his paid blogging pal Pat Powers plowed the hyperbolic furrow Saturday, Senator Dan Lederman (R-16/Dakota Dunes) makes public his swing at turning a clear rule violation in the Junior Duck Stamp contest into his own political chest-thumping aimed at…
I'm headed to some teacher professional development at school this morning. We'll spend our time talking about ways to improve our school. But this remarkable article from Stanford professor of education and sociology Sean F. Reardon notes that, despite all…
Fiscal austerity during slow economic times, like gambling, is for people who don't understand math. Now that researchers have discredited one of the big studies supporting budget austerity, it's time to get government back in the game and boost spending…
Our Wyoming neighbors have become the 44th state to establish a lottery. However, they won't be playing scratch tickets or video lottery: ...[I]n an unusual move, lawmakers banned the lucrative and popular scratch-off tickets and electronic video lottery games. “That…