Opinion
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After sunny start, Gov. Kristi Noem turns mostly cloudy on open government
On a warm, mid-August afternoon in 2018, a group of newspaper publishers and editors gathered at the meeting room of the South Dakota Newspaper Association in Brookings. They were there to question U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, the Republican candidate for governor, about her thoughts on First Amendment and open government…
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U.S. Postal Service’s facility proposal cause for concern in South Dakota
Editor’s note: This editorial appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan on March 11. A proposal by the U.S. Postal Service that would downgrade the processing and distribution centers at both Sioux Falls and Huron could generate serious consequences that demand closer consideration. Under the proposal, the eastern South Dakota…
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South Dakota lawmakers unwilling to accept defeat on Medicaid expansion
Throughout the recent past, Republicans in the South Dakota Legislature have had a tempestuous relationship with Medicaid expansion. When the federal government offered a way to expand the pool of people who receive Medicaid benefits, the Republican supermajorities refused to go along. When Medicaid expansion became a constitutional amendment in…
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Regret signing that petition? South Dakota Republicans are here to help
Ever since the South Dakota Legislature dismantled the voter-approved anti-corruption measure known as IM 22 in record time, lawmakers and the people who back initiated measures have been locked in a battle of the ballot box. Lawmakers try to throw up as many roadblocks to ballot access as they can…
