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Posts published in July 2014

Daugaard Raises False Fears of 21 Child Refugees Placed in South Dakota

We all fled here from somewhere. According to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the federal government placed 30,340 immigrant children who entered the United States without adult companions with sponsors around the country between January 1 and July 7 of…

Lance Armstrong to Lead Sturgis Mayor’s Ride August 4

In the midst of the open season Sioux Falls motorists have apparently declared on bicyclists, the City of Sturgis® announces an odd choice for grand marshal of the Mayor's Ride during the Sturgis® Motorcycle Rally™: The City of Sturgis is…

Rounds Loves Federal Stimulus and Highway Dollars, Doesn’t Trust Obama

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rounds is telling the press that federal stimulus dollars made South Dakota highways better. Rounds is emphasizing that South Dakota needs big government because it depends on nearly $300 million dollars every year to…

SDDP: Five Good Reasons to Vote for Minimum-Wage Initiative

I don't always reprint press releases, but when I do, it's because they're useful. South Dakota Democratic Party exec Zach Crago offers—with more evidence and hyperlinks than we ever get from the dreary stream of GOP dreck—five good reasons to…

ACLU Helping Tribes Fight ICWA Violations in South Dakota Foster Care

Leading the fight against abuses of South Dakota's foster care system is the American Civil Liberties Union, which is helping the Oglala and Rosebud Sioux tribes fight state officials who have been removing children from American Indian homes without sufficient…

Noem Wants More of Perry’s Ineffective Border Militarization

Further demonstrating what passes for a Congresswoman in South Dakota, Rep. Kristi Noem tells Fox News that she supports Texas Governor Rick Perry's plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S.–Mexico border to... hmm... to do what, again? See…