Mr. Montgomery brings us Governor Daugaard's first campaign video of 2012. He smiles, walks around the farm with his hands aw-shucks-little-ol'-me in his pockets, leans on a fence in the warm reflective glow of the camera crew's panels, and tells…
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At the District 31 crackerbarrel in Spearfish yesterday, an audience member asked whether the Legislature will base bonuses for state workers on merit and limit them to the best 20% of employees the way HB 1234 does to teachers. Even…
Saturday's District 31 crackerbarrel discussion here in Spearfish turned back to education funding. An audience member asked the legislators for their opinion on HB 1226, Rep. Larry Lucas's (D-26A/Mission) bill to require that state aid to education increase at the…
Let's get clear on "tenure." Under current law, schools choose whether or not to renew the contracts of their current teachers by April 15. If a school district chooses not to renew a teacher who has worked for the district…
District 31 legislators held a crackerbarrel in front of several dozen constituents this morning on the BHSU campus. All three Republican legislators said they do not support Governor Dennis Daugaard's proposal to give $5,000 merit-based bonuses to the top 20%…
Rep. Chuck Turbiville is sticking by his guns. As chair of the Legislature's executive board, Rep. Turbiville has ruled that the documents six legislators have requested in their investigation of possible violations of Legislative Research Council confidentiality are themselves confidential.…