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SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— There are new developments in the investigation into Republican Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller. Now that the western South Dakota lawmaker is re-instated, the closed-door testimony of a Legislative Research Council employee has been made public. When the employee spoke under oath before the Senate Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion on Tuesday evening, the document […]
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s a matter of food security. That’s the message National Farmers Union President Rob Lawrew delivered to a a subcommittee of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that held a hearing last week on “Addressing the Effects of Economic Concentraiton on America’s Food Supply.” In his testimony, Larew documented the extreme corporate concentration […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The voice of South Dakota’s cattle producers was heard last week when National Farmers Union (NFU) President, Rob Larew testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, speaking on the continued debate surrounding market competition and how it relates to national food security. “Our cattle producers raise a premier product, yet for years, […]
Public hearing on controversial social studies standards set for Friday in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. – First there was the unexplained change in the date and location of a previously announced public hearing. Followed by Gov. Kristi Noem’s announcement on Tuesday that she would not reappoint Aberdeen, SD school superintendent Becky Guffin as chairwoman of the South Dakota Board of Education Standards, replacing her instead with Sioux […]