By Tom Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste In response to President Obama’s State of the Union address on January 25, CAGW President Tom Schatz issued the following statement: “We are pleased with the President’s commitment to veto bills containing earmarks,…
By Ed Randazzo It seems that there was a fundraiser held at Black Hills Harley-Davidson on January 27th for Mayor Alan Hanks at which he delivered his vision for Rapid City in the coming years. I wonder what that vision…
HB 1193, a bill to STOP city gun bans, was introduced Thursday by SD State Representative Don Kopp (R-Rapid City). City-level officials in Sioux Falls have banned guns on all city property, including parks, city buses and numerous other public places.…
By John Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins is a professional blogger and this article was first published in “Town Hall” on 1/25/2011. People who don’t follow politics tend to believe that conservatives and liberals are just flip sides of the same coin. In…
A clarification from the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Some confusion has arisen over South Dakota House Bill 1079, introduced by state Representative Brian Gosch (R-32). The intent of this provision is to clean up South Dakota’s firearm…
By Ed Randazzo Barack Obama in his 2nd State of the Union address closed a rather lacklustre performance long on the effort to conjure a “vision” for the future and short on specifics, with “we do big things”. On his…