A Big Win for South Dakota Veterans By Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) South Dakota veterans and doctors who participate in the Choice program received some good news recently. Late last month, President Donald Trump signed into law legislation that includes a provision of a bill I introduced which, in essence, makes the Department of Veterans […]
School Meal Programs Are Hungry for Reform By Rep. Kristi Noem It’s hard to believe Booker is about to wrap up his freshman year of high school. How do they grow up so fast? As his attention – and that of students, teachers and parents across the state – turns to the last day of […]
One of the priorities which has come up in the Trump Administration, in addition a myriad of topics has been to rein in the so-called Consumer Finance Protection Board (CFPB), the unholy child of Massachusets Senator Elizabeth Warren. Warren’s signature legislation has claimed to defend consumers, but in all actuality the CFPB has proven to be […]
With Noem Support, Obamacare Repeal Passes House Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today voted to repeal Obamacare and replace the failed health care law with patient-centered reforms, moving forward on a long-held promise made to South Dakotans. “Health care is one of the most personal issues people deal with, which is why I’ve fought […]
Having attended a great many political dinners over the past 29 years I’ve been involved in South Dakota politics, I think I can safely say when a political dinner is boring. And when it comes down to it, I’d put the 2017 SDDP McGovern Day Dinner down as excruciatingly dull. I was going to extract […]
While it wasn’t on the program for the 2017 SDDP McGovern Day Dinner, apparently former Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was on the podium introducing her husband, former Congressman Max Sandlin who represented a district in Texas as a Democrat, until he lost election . Stephanie explained how Max had been working with candidates, and introduced him […]
Let’s see… Westerhuis family, abortion, reporter, Trump, license plates, event, payday lenders, global warming, Trump, Trump, and more Trump. Dakota Free Press’ liberal Democrat mouthpiece Cory Heidelberger has had a lot to talk about over the last couple of days, except arguably the biggest political event of the season; the South Dakota Democrat Central Committee […]
Todd Epp, a.k.a. “Token Liberal” of the Greg Belfrage show is chiming in about yesterday’s dueling events, where he sees the SDGOP coming out on top, and the SDDP taking a major hit in how people view them: When I look at our Republican brothers and sisters, they have had great leaders as chairpeople. Craig […]
100 Days of Giving Control Back to You By Rep. Kristi Noem We’ve just passed President Trump’s 100-day mark. While that is a relatively short amount of time, it does make for a good opportunity to reflect on the progress so far. A lot has changed since President Trump moved into the White House. For […]
Democrats are killing me with hilarity today, as the slowly rolling coup d’etat against Ann Tornberg continues to grow to a crescendo this weekend with a party bylaw change to force a vote of no confidence against the chair, and rewriting the rules so she’s up for election immediately. Despite the fact that no candidate […]