Governor Dennis Daugaard keeps building the wall of separation between himself and the scandal-hobbled EB-5 visa investment program. Check out his answers to Bob Mercer's question on the program. On Daugard's knowledge of the EB-5 program: I was generally aware…
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Gregg and Susan Spindler are not happy. Their daughter Meagan, a researcher for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was killed by a drunk and doped driver last July. Since then, the Spindlers have tried from their home in New…
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he realized he'd get run over if he didn't expand Medicaid. Here are the top ten reasons Governor Dennis Daugaard is changing his public position on expanding Medicaid: Governor Daugaard has an…
We now have five candidates who want to unseat Governor Dennis Daugaard. If they are serious, they will all prepare the following quote for campaign fundraising letters: Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Friday he does not believe the state’s financial support…
I know how you folks hate speculation about Richard Benda's death. So what say you of Governor Dennis Daugaard's diagnosis of the former economic development chief's purported suicide? Daugaard stopped short of accusing Benda of any wrongdoing, but did speculate…
I don't see him doing any push-ups, but Democratic candidate for governor Joe Lowe is pushing his opponent, Governor Dennis Daugaard, on his treatment of hospitals and poor folks who need health coverage. Lowe opens the week with a press…
Here's a statistic I don't think Governor Daugaard mentioned when he extolled the strength of our state on Tuesday: in the 2011–2012 school year, South Dakota school districts reported 2,542 homeless students. Between SY 2009–2010 and SY 2011–2012, South Dakota…
Governor Dennis Daugaard spoke about South Dakota's troubled EB-5 visa investment program, the failed Northern Beef Packers slaughterhouse, and the federal investigations thereof in an interview with SDPB's Karl Gehrke yesterday. Gehrke opens the topic of Northern Beef Packers around…