Potential Senate candidate Annette Bosworth visited Oahe Days in Pierre this weekend. No word on whether she actually got up and talked to interested voters, unlike her wasted visit to Brookings Thursday. But she at least snagged the local press.…
Posts published in June 2013
Conservatives respond with... crickets! Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch is supposed to decide today whether to implement new rules on the production and sale of raw milk in South Dakota. If he reads the Rapid City Journal and acts like…
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…
Denver Post travel writer Kyle Wagner gave Spearfish the kind of write-up that wins Chamber of Commerce directors bonuses. Yet Chamber officials, glossy guidebooks, and fancy city signs and banners don't figure in her account of her wonderful long weekend…
We got back from our hike up the 76 Trail in Spearfish Canyon... ...just as that state-spanning storm front whacked Spearfish. Another big rain, big wind, a few big hail stones. One Spearfish resident with a deep love for his…
The Legislature's interim education committee received a wealth of information about South Dakota's K-12 system at its Wednesday meeting. Here's an assortment of numerical trivia about our public schools: Number of school districts opting out of property tax caps: 64.…
I can't tell if the SDGOP machine is trying to keep Rep. Stace Nelson from running for Senate or if they're trying to launch his bid. Republican State Senator Dan Lederman and his well-connected GOP lawyer Joel Arends have added…
I've written on multiple occasions that South Dakota is dropping the ball when it comes to the state providing its fair share of funding for K-12 schools. A variety of education experts brought that message to the South Dakota Legislature's…