Wait a minute: now addiction is a workforce issue? Leaders of Face It Together say support for people with that disease is especially important during the state's current worker shortage. An Aberdeen affiliate plans to open later this year. ...Because…
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When he wasn't getting everything else wrong, Pat Powers managed to add three useful observations to our favorite political undercard, the fading Chad Haber-Annette Bosworth medicine show: Powers finds that Haber, in his fake and mostly silent candidacy for attorney…
Regular readers know I'm a teetotaler: no alcohol, no tobacco, and certainly no dope or other illegal drugs. Seeking altered states of mind through chemicals wastes time and money and far too often leads to trouble. That's my line as…
Some South Dakota conservatives think we should test welfare recipients for drug use. A U.S. District Court judge ruled this week that Florida's welfare drug tests are unconstitutional: Enforcement of the law was temporarily halted in October 2011 after the…
Two reasons to hope the geologists are right and that fracking the Bakken won't expand from North Dakota to South Dakota: 1. The feds just designated Williams County, at the heart of the North Dakota oil patch as a "High…
The South Dakota Supreme Court issued two rulings Wednesday hinging on the rules police must follow in traffic stops. In both cases, stops for minor violations of motor vehicle laws led to arrests for larger crimes, specifically illegal drug use…
South Dakota has the same crime rate as surrounding states but a higher incarceration rate. Betty Olson and Scott Craig probably think the solution is to hand out more guns. The American Civil Liberties Union and South Dakota Families First…
Rep. Mark Venner (R-24/Pierre) has twice sponsored legislation to test South Dakota's welfare recipients for drugs. S.D. Voices for Children policy expert Greg Boris says Rep. Venner will reintroduce that legislation during the 2013 session (assuming, of course, that Rep.…