You know I love South Dakota. Whether it's sunrise on Lake Herman or sunset on Lookout Mountain, South Dakota offers much to recommend it to folks seeking the good life. But if you think the big reason to move to…
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I don't make this stuff up; I just report it. Landscape architecture firm Confluence is hosting a prostate cancer fundraiser at its Sioux Falls office in conjunction with National Corn Dog Day next Saturday, March 23. Proceeds go to the…
No children have been shot and killed in our schools recently, but or Legislature is gunning to take action to arm teachers and janitors to save children from that overhyped threat. Meanwhile, no legislator yet has filed a bill this…
Two strikes for Senator Jeff Monroe of Pierre: on top of his foolish SB 97, which criminalizes mentioning that anyone in South Dakota has a gun, Senator Monroe dredges up some fringe paranoia with Senate Bill 98, a measure to…
This bill should fit South Dakota like Danny Glover. Hey, South Dakota Legislature! If you can consider House Bill 1087 to keep kids safe, then surely you can round me up a sponsor for this public health and safety bill:…
South Dakota has been on a prison bender during the past couple decades, incarcerating people at a faster rate than surrounding states even though our crime rate is about the same as our neighbors'. Governor Daugaard wants to address that…
Congresswoman Kristi Noem has tried to make new federal school lunch guidelines a political issue. Noem considers the issue important enough for photo ops, though not important enough to warrant her attendance at committee meetings on the topic. Noem has…
In August I mentioned that the Brits are a lot less uptight than we Americans about wearing bicycle helmets. Many European countries share a research-backed view that wearing a bike helmet is much less important than getting people to ride…