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Liberal Arts Degrees Lead to Rotten Jobs… in Daugaard Administration

Maybe Dennis Daugaard is right: getting a liberal arts degree dooms graduates to crappy jobs... in the Daugaard Administration. A friend of the blog sifted through public records for information about the educational background of various officials in South Dakota…

Survey of Reporters Finds South Dakota Among Least Corrupt States

South Dakota is one of the least corrupt states in America, says new research. Two profs analyzed the perceptions of 280 local reporters nationwide of how frequently government officials trade favors for endorsements, campaign contributions, or outright bribes. When scores…

Budget Trends: Education Sustains Daugaard Pain

The summary of Governor Daugaard's recommended budget changes for Fiscal Year 2016 includes the following graphs comparing the growth in total state expenditures over the last ten years and the growth in certain spending subsets. These graphs show that Governor…

Ehrisman Seeks Minnehaha County Commission Seat; No Need to Stop Blogging!

Fellow South Dakota blogger Scott Ehrisman is seeking appointment to the Minnehaha County Commission. Commissioner John Pekas won election as Second Circuit judge this month, so the county needs someone to fill his term through 2016. Ehrisman offers the commission…

SDGOP Robocalling State Employees

Having trouble getting through to state offices lately? It could be because the South Dakota Republican Party is sending out robocalls to remind our civil servants of who butters their bread. ...calling on behalf of the South Dakota Republican Party,…

Ebola Kills One Person in America, Thune Goes Big Government

Not quite 5,000 people have died in this year's Ebola outbreak. One of those deaths has taken place in the United States. In response, Senator John Thune is advocating bigger government, specifically in the form of banning travel to the…