This week we saw exactly what happens when extreme members of the South Dakota Republican Party wake up progressives across our state....

With Governor Dennis Daugaard standing in the way of Medicaid expansion, raising the minimum wage, and investing in our kids, Joe Lowe is...

South Dakota progressives are teaming up for a “Standing Together for Equality” rally next Monday, February 17th, in Rapid City to...

After we announced plans last July for our initiated measure to raise the minimum wage , KELO’s Don Jorgenson went to Hansen County, the...

During the State Central Committee meeting in Ft. Pierre on Saturday, Feb. 1st, the committee performed a community building activity...

For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 30, 2014 Sioux Falls, SD (January 30, 2014) – Democratic leaders in the legislature welcomed the...

For Immediate Release : Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Sioux Falls, SD – South Dakota Democratic Party Chair Deb Knecht released the...

Dear Friend, In the early 1990s, I joined a group of individuals fighting for equality in Pierre to stop a bill banning gay marriages. It...

Once again, South Dakota has ranked last in the nation for teacher pay – a ranking that a bipartisan group of legislators thinks is...

After weeks of prodding from Rep. Kathy Tyler (D-Big Stone City), editorial boards across the state, and Democratic leader Rep. Bernie...

Equal access to voting in Indian Country scored a big victory in the legislature this week – thanks in large part to the  leadership of...

Medicaid expansion found a strong ally this week from John T. Porter, CEO of Avera Health. His challenge in the Mitchell Daily Republic...

Guess who is talking common sense on raising the minimum wage? Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. On national cable television Bill O’Reilly...

Ahead of Governor Daugaard’s State of the State address, Rep. Bernie Hunhoff asks, what’s real workforce development? His answer is spot...

POLL: 63% of South Dakotans support accepting federal dollars to cover 48,000 South Dakotans through Medicaid expansion. Public opinion...

50 years ago today, Lyndon B. Johnson announced a War on Poverty in his first State of the Union address. Today we’re fighting to raise...

Today would have been the 81st birthday of the late Democratic Governor Dick Kneip. As Governor, Kneip transformed South Dakota in ways...

“While executives at many top companies make top dollar, the typical employee at corporations like McDonald’s, Gap, Target, and Walmart...

The South Dakota Democratic Party highlighted a report the White House released today underscoring the costs of repealing the Affordable...

Yet another damaging consequence of Congresswoman Kristi Noem’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act is that 9,000 South Dakota young...