Nothing Less than a Miracle By Rep. Kristi Noem March 4, 1797, marked one of the most important days in American history: the inauguration of our second president and the first transition of power. In the two-plus centuries since, more than three dozen men have stepped aside as George Washington did, watching as their successor […]
Thune to Secretary of Transportation Nominee: South Dakota Depends on Effective, Efficient Transportation System “Without a robust and efficient transportation sector, rural states like mine would be unable to get their goods to market.” WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today stressed to President-elect […]
There has been some interesting discussion under the post I did about how the goofy liberal views of a couple of law professors might flavor how legislators look at the request to put 1.2 million into the school to keep things running at our state’s law school in the face of enrollment cuts and poor […]
A group of liberal law school professors are apparently banding together to oppose the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of Attorney General of the United States. It’s not that this should come as a big shock. Coming in the days of Facebook and fake news you can probably find outrage for things as […]
Historians say that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Which is a great introduction into our top ten political stories of 2016! There’s plenty there that might serve as a cautionary tale for the future. There’s also some great stories of triumph, and as always with my top ten list – […]
I think I’ve got my list of top ten political stories for 2016 set. But I’m also faced with the conundrum of the ones I’m leaving off. There were just so darned many good stories this past political year. The Argus upheaval & Lalley firing? Nope. Not on the list. The facepalm heard around the […]
Rounds Urges Attorney General Pruitt to Restore Order at EPA Asks Trump’s EPA Pick to Respect State and Local Input, Use Sound Science, and Roll Back Current Administration’s Overly Burdensome Regulations PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today wrote to Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump’s intended nominee to be the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
A New Season By Rep. Kristi Noem One of my favorite times of the year farming was the day we started to put the seed in the ground, because on that day, the seed had every opportunity to produce a high-yielding harvest. The next few months would require hard work to help that seed mature […]
Well, that came out of the blue. Tonight’s Argus Headline: South Dakota Obama elector Mike Huether has taken a good hard look at his party…… and said “Bleaugh.” Huether held a presser today to tell everyone he’s registering as an independent. According to the twitter feed of Argus Reporter Patrick Anderson, Huether’s statement is that […]
Well I learned something today. In South Dakota, Democrats hold an advantage. If they add independent voters to their rolls. And they can win if we follow Ann Tornburg math, named so after the South Dakota Democrat Chairwoman, who just ran the Democrat party into record low numbers of elected officials: ….voter registration with Independent […]