A couple weeks ago, we discussed the appropriateness of Governor Dennis Daugaard's donning of military duds during his April visit to Afghanistan. My reasonable commenters offered protocol and security justifications for our civilian Governor to appear in official military gear…
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Bruce D. Baker of the National Education Policy Center writes about what he calls the "Toxic Trifecta" of education reforms involving high-stakes teacher evaluation systems. The items on the list should sound awfully familiar to South Dakotans debating Governor Dennis…
The South Dakota State Brand Board voted last month to increase the brand inspection fee from eighty cents per critter to the legal maximum of a buck a head. Governor Dennis Daugaard apparently has a beef with that increase: Just…
In our discussion of the odd policy decision by the Daugaard Administration to scale back the portfolio of the Lieutenant Governor position based on a personal decision by the current holder of the job, a minor kerfuffle erupts over Dennis…
Dr. Blanchard will not be pleased. From the "Credit Where Credit Is Due" Department, I note that Governor Dennis Daugaard is at least consistent in his expressed desire to expand energy jobs. Last week he cosigned a letter on behalf…
Update 15:48 MST: I stand corrected by my attentive commenters. Governor Daugaard is still away in China, likely assuring our Eastern overlords that he will continue to advocate for the Keystone XL pipeline, which will help China get more North…
Since his inauguration, I have struggled to like Governor Dennis Daugaard. I would like to believe that, while we have our policy disagreements, he at least represents a reasonably mainstream wing of the Republican party. Alas, the Governor keeps doing…
If I'm going to spin a tenuous hypothesis that Governor Dennis Daugaard is using his veto of HB 1228 to take a swipe at us green Lefties, then I am obliged to recognize his veto of HB 1248 as a…