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More than 40,000 South Dakota children, from infants to teenagers, live in families with incomes low enough to qualify for the federal food stamp program, creating challenges for a fruitful
Read moreNot long ago, the news site ProPublica published an important story about employers who, in their quest for a younger and cheaper workforce, were pushing out “older” workers – often
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Until the day Ted Blakey died in 2004, he possessed a newspaper clipping from February 1838. It advertised his grandfather, an 11-year-old boy at the time, for sale at a
Read moreA federal court ruled on January 29, 2019 that Vietnam veterans who served on ships offshore during the war are eligible for benefits to treat illnesses linked to exposure to
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On the weekend of February 1st, Betsy and I traveled out to Spearfish to visit our longtime friends, Art and Janice Jones. Art is the best all-around fisherman I know,
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After listening to the president’s recent State of the Union address, I expressed optimism about his vision for pursuing an agenda that inspires cooperation, commonsense, and compromise. The two parties,
Read moreThis week I have had the privilege of working with several young people. Bethany Swift, Lucas, SD is serving as a Page in the legislature, and Kay Liester, Baltic, SD
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