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Dakota State University was founded 140 years ago next month as Dakota Normal School. While 140 years may not be a big round number like 100 or 200 years, we need to reflect and celebrate the journey the school has taken. Let's talk first about modest beginnings. The territorial legislature passed a bill creating the school, but there wasn't much to it: no money, building, students or faculty. The only thing they had in hand was 20 acres of donated land within a 6-month-old village called Madison. South Dakota was still nine years away from being created as a state. It wasn't until the next l...

United States Senate committee appointments were announced this week, and the two senators from South Dakota scored excellent assignments that will involve both the nation and South Dakota. The smaller number of senators (100) compared to the number of representatives (435) means that each senator will have more committee assignments compared to a house member. Even so, South Dakota senators are largely on the right ones. Each committee assignment has subcommittees associated with it. In some cases, those subcommittee can accomplish more than the committee itself. Sen. John Thune will serve o...

All 50 state constitutions mandate that the governor give an annual (or regular) report to the state legislature on the condition of the state. This speech is most commonly referred

We have confidence in the plan and optimism that it will be as effective as possible. The plan is broken into phases and groups. We're in the midst of Phase 1, and have basically finished group 1A, which includes frontline health-care workers and long-term care facility health-are workers. They deserve to be first. We're now in the midst of Group 1B, which includes long-term care facility residents, mostly older citizens who are most at-risk to die from COVID-19. And we've started Group 1C, which includes non-frontline health-care workers, like laboratory techs and clinic staff, as well as th...

The South Dakota legislature will convene for its annual session in only twelve days, and from a distance, it doesn't appear as if it's ready for this mid-pandemic session. Rep. Linda Duba of Sioux Falls announced this week that she will not attend the legislative session in person until she is vaccinated for COVID-19. She intends to meet all her obligations remotely, but at the moment, that is not considered an option. We understand legislative leaders are working on a proposal for remote attendance, but that would need to be voted on by the legislature in person after the session starts.