Proof of insurance. In the simplest of terms, in some way, shape, or form, those three words are key to receiving healthcare in the United States of America. If you as a patient don’t have …

The genesis of the massacre began with a dance. During the throes of a continuing drought on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1890, the Lakota people living there were also contending with severely …

Senate Democrats have kept the government shut down for over a month now. Republicans have given them more than a dozen opportunities to reopen the government with a clean funding extension, but, …

A recent legislative hearing left people involved in the state’s medical marijuana businesses paranoid, and it wasn’t because they had been sampling their own products. A meeting of …

There was an interesting quotation on my Facebook page this morning that went something like this: “I never saw this coming, but we now live in an age where Christians get upset when you quote …

South Dakota’s greatest asset is our people, and some of our greatest attributes are grit and a tremendous work ethic. We work hard to take care of ourselves and our families, and we also work …

Neither the invective-filled disparagement from White House officials, nor the vulgar video posted by President Donald Trump on Oct. 18, in which he hailed himself wearing a crown and piloting a jet …

Political gridlock in Washington has shut down the government and left South Dakota’s farmers, ranchers and conservationists stranded. Too many in Washington are ignoring the urgent need for a …

For nearly a month, Senate Democrats have kept the government shut down and held government funding hostage to their partisan demands. Their motivation is pure politics, but their shutdown is having …

You don’t hear much about it in the news these days. Maybe we are so used to the prevalence of cancer and the threats of warrior nation states that it’s hardly news. But now and then it …

Show the Trunk and Treaters your Halloween costume and come for the handout of treats. Vehicles will have open trunks with “scary” Halloween figures who will be present to greet you and …

This beautiful morning brings us another opportunity to build something that will outlast our days. Just as each sunrise adds to the tapestry of time, every small deposit of wisdom and faithfulness …

The right project in the right place at the right time. That’s how we do economic development in South Dakota. More often than not, that means focusing on opportunities for existing South …

President Donald Trump’s usurpation of the congressional spending power, a seismic blow to the foundational power of the legislature and another in his endless string of constitutional …

For some across the state, it’s like Christmas. The opening weekend of pheasant season is full of family traditions. Folks come home from across the country to shoot our state bird, and great …

Three weeks into a government shutdown, Democrats are dug in. Their price for reopening the government is $1.5 trillion in partisan spending. It’s a list of so many far-left priorities, one of …

South Dakota’s race for its lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives got a little more crowded last month with the entrance of state Sen. Casey Crabtree, a Madison Republican. The seat …

The second “No Kings Day” has come and gone. Unlike the projections made by many Republican leaders, it was not a “Hate America” day. In Brookings, we even gathered for the …

Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen with one proton and two neutrons that undergoes beta decay. Because tritium can form a gas or water just like normal hydrogen does, wherever water and air …

It’s harvest time in South Dakota and for nearly 140,000 pheasant hunters, it is an opportunity to wander fields of grass, edges of wetlands and pockets of overgrown weeds. All across the …