In gun news, while deferring action on House Bill 1206, the controversial concealed-weapons-on-campus bill, the South Dakota House rejected House Bill 1183, which would have allowed concealed weapons in the State Capitol. During floor debate on HB 1183, Rep. Lana…
Posts tagged as “Pierre”
The fourteen community workforce development grants recently approved by the states are heavy on local training. Consider the grant the City of Pierre won. Pierre proposed a $100,000+ two-pronged program. First, Pierre says it needs more truck drivers for construction…
Last month, after Gannett axed several good reporters from that Sioux Falls paper, content strategist Patrick Lalley was bragging that remaining journalists Jonathan Ellis and David Montgomery were "unparalleled in this market." David Montgomery, who in the past six years…
Mike Rounds gets one newspaper endorsement, from his hometown Pierre Capital Journal. The editorial board in our capital tepidly defaults to experience on every statewide ballot line. They excuse Rounds thus: We are well aware of the ongoing federal investigation…
The Pew Research Center released a study yesterday on journalism in our state capitals. Pew finds 751 full-time statehouse reporters and 851 part-time statehouse reporters. Newspapers have retreated from the statehouses, but they still provide the largest portion of that…
Hey, Democrats! Want to warm up for next week's SDDP convention with on-the-street activism? Want to roadtrip to Pierre? Then give Corinna Robinson a call! Our U.S. House candidate is organizing a big marching crew for the American Legion parade…
Governing maps the buying power of the minimum wage in 308 cities across the U.S. (South Dakota needs more big cities so we can get on maps like this!): The darker the green, the more you can by with that…