In a move my conservative neighbors ought to be cheering, the federal government is cutting back spending on child safety. Since 2005, South Dakota parents have benefited from the Project 8 Child Seat Program, which last year alone handed out…
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The South Dakota House of Representatives came together yesterday to pass HB 1117 to allow South Dakotans to shoot muskrats. At the same time, the South Dakota Senate put its shoulder to advancing SB 114 to make the buffalo our…
Rep. Patricia Stricherz (R-8/Winfred) is working on two pieces of legislation to protect women and children. The first bill is tentatively titled the "South Dakota Indian Family Preservation Act." It is essentially an effort to bring South Dakota into compliance…
I hear that at least one legislator is working on legislation to address problems with South Dakota's compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act, as identified in a controversial October NPR report by Laura Sullivan and Amy Walters. Legislators looking…
Congresswoman Kristi Noem sends the following missive celebrating National Adoption Month: Adoption Important Year Round By Rep. Kristi Noem The day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday shopping season for many. Thousands will spend the early morning hours…
NPR's investigative report of South Dakota's foster care system has provoked lots of discussion of how we treat Native American children and parents. Right wing-nut Ed Randazzo says his greatest area of concern is the potential conflict of interest, with…
The dish has come. Yesterday NPR broadcast part two of its investigative report on the failure of South Dakota's foster care system to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act. After focusing in part one on what appears to be…
So that's what the governor was so upset about. Last week Governor Dennis Daugaard pre-emptively rebutted an investigative report from National Public Radio on South Dakota's foster care system and our state's failure to comply with the Indian Child Welfare…