Congress did get a few things done this year. In August, Congress passed and the President signed the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act. This new law attempts to clear the appointments backlog at Veterans Administration facilities by allowing VA…
Posts published in November 2014
At next week's meeting on the School of Mines campus, South Dakota's Regents will discuss allowing our six public universities to fund scholarships with tuition remission and late-payment fees. The information sheet accompanying that agenda item itemizes the current sources…
While my comment section lights up with debate about whether Jeff Barth agrees with us on enough policies to chair the South Dakota Democratic Party, Republican Rep. Steve Hickey announces he's teaming with Democratic consultant and über-barista Steve Hildebrand to…
Having to dig deeper than I to find reason to be thankful this fine holiday is attorney Brandon Taliaferro, whose appeal for expungement was rejected by the South Dakota Supreme Court this week. In a ruling filed Tuesday, a unanimous…
[cross-posted in South Dakota Magazine] Turkey Day is here! In a political year filled with turkeys, I can still find aspects of South Dakota politics for which to be thankful. If you're game, here are some political items I'll happily…
Some trivia from the South Dakota Board of Regents placement outcomes report: 1. The racial group with the highest rate of placement in jobs or ongoing education in South Dakota: American Indians. Compare cautiously a sample of 82 Indians with…
In our continuing treatment of students as commodities, let's look at South Dakota's import-export ratio for college freshmen. According to a report on the Board of Regents' agenda next week, we're actually in the black: South Dakota may be shifting…