South Dakota's 2012 ballot could include a provocative tax proposal. Madison superintendent Vince Schaefer tells the school board that many education and health care groups are preparing a petition drive to put a 1% sales tax up for a public…
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That Sioux Falls paper made a few ripples last week by reporting that no pregnancy help centers have signed up to provide anti-abortion lectures under South Dakota's newest extreme, draconian anti-abortion legislation (all criticism of which is negated by the…
No wonder Powertech was so eager to eliminate South Dakota's permitting authority over uranium mining: Powertech can't survive regulatory scrutiny. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has suspended its safety review of Powertech's proposed uranium mining operation in the southern Black…
According to the South Dakota Republican Party, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was a terrible Congresswoman because she was out of touch with South Dakota values. Folks campaigning for Kristi Noem in 2010 suggested that, with her fancy-schmancy Georgetown education, her Texas…
Hmm... Noem... fertilizer... the headline opportunities are endless. Rep. Kristi Noem wants to exempt one special-interest industry from environmental regulations that don't yet exist. But while Noem spreads her B.S. about EPA dust regulations, her brother Rock might be urging…
Looking at the 100-plus layoffs at SDSU, that Sioux Falls paper concludes that USD has better planners. School officials appear to agree: South Dakota State University officials have announced layoffs, downsizings and vacancy eliminations that will cut more than 110…
So this is why Glenn Beck got canceled: his followers all switched off their sets and went out petitioning! In addition to two referendum drives, there is a third statewide petition drive taking place in South Dakota. The beleaguered Constitution…