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Transparency on Valhalla Still Needed
Opening Valhalla, a state-owned cabin in Custer State Park, to the public in the future does not give Governor Daugaard an excuse to...
Mar 31, 2011
Press Conference concerning Referred Law HB 1230
The South Dakota Democratic Party announces a press conference to be held in the Law Library of the Old Courthouse Museum at 6th and Main...
Mar 31, 2011
Noem’s Flood Prevention Hypocrisy
Record flooding expected in South Dakota has exposed Congresswoman Kristi Noem’s budget cutting hypocrisy, according to Ben Nesselhuf,...
Mar 18, 2011
The Daugaard Vision: Let them eat dirt
Governor Dennis Daugaard’s extreme political views were exposed this week when he supported plans to raise taxes for tourism promotion...
Mar 10, 2011
House Republicans Vote for Governor’s Extremist 8.6% Cuts
South Dakota’s school kids lost on the floor of the House today when Republicans voted for the administration’s 8.6% cut to education (SB...
Mar 9, 2011
South Dakotans Oppose Governor’s Corporate Welfare
Corporate welfare proposed by Governor Dennis Daugaard has little public support, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling....
Mar 2, 2011
South Dakotans Oppose Gov. Daugaard’s 10% Cut to Education
South Dakotans do not support Governor Daugaard’s attempt to cut state funding for education, according to a recent poll. Of 1,667 South...
Feb 28, 2011
Veterans Under Attack by SD Republicans
Republicans have again jeopardized the rights of veterans in South Dakota, according to Ben Nesselhuf, Chairman of the South Dakota...
Feb 24, 2011
Republicans Rehash Culture Wars at Expense of Budget
Republican legislators in the South Dakota House of Representatives continue to rehash the culture wars of the past instead of fix the...
Feb 23, 2011
Republicans Put Corporate Welfare Ahead of School Children
Republicans in Pierre have voted again to put corporate welfare ahead of our school children and our families in need, says Ben...
Feb 18, 2011
Noem Blames EPA While Her Republican Colleagues Attack SD’s Ethanol Industry
Representative Kristi Noem’s assault on the Environmental Protection Agency comes at the expense of the ethanol industry and farmers in...
Feb 18, 2011
Schools Lose to Corporate Welfare on 9-4 Vote
School students lost to corporate salesmen in the House State Affairs Committee today. “Anyone who believes that the state’s priority...
Feb 16, 2011
Killing Doctors is Unjustifiable
(SIOUX FALLS)—Republican Legislators in South Dakota want to allow for the lawful killing of health care professionals who provide...
Feb 15, 2011
Republicans Push Radical Immigration Bill
House Republicans in Pierre today continued to distract voters in South Dakota from real issues by blaming the minorities of our diverse...
Feb 14, 2011
Democrats React to Thune and Noem at Conservative Conference
Representative Noem and Senator John Thune put the interests of conservative ideologues ahead of South Dakotans by speaking at the...
Feb 10, 2011
South Dakota Senate Republicans Deepen Marriage of Money and Politics
Republican leaders in Pierre want to deepen the marriage of money and politics in South Dakota says Ben Nesselhuf, Chairman of the South...
Feb 10, 2011
SDDP Elects New State Officers
Chamberlain – The voting members of the South Dakota Democratic Party 2010 State Central Committee have elected a new State Officers. The...
Feb 2, 2011
Republicans Advance Bill to Put up Roadblocks to Voting
Sioux Falls – Senate Republicans in Pierre advanced a bill out of the Senate State Affairs committee today that would limit the period of...
Feb 2, 2011
Broken promise, broken law marks new attack in GOP War on Education
PIERRE – The new chair of S.D. Democratic Party today said the Gov. Mike Rounds administration had been a disaster to K-12 education,...
Dec 8, 2010
The Daugaard Retirement Home for GOP
Governor-elect Daugaard announced the replacement for Dusty Johnson’s position on the PUC. Again it is a familiar name. Outgoing...
Nov 23, 2010
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