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State GOP Calls for the Impeachment of Barack Obama

The state of South Dakota is a fairly independent-minded state that isn’t exactly fond of President Obama in particular, or Washington DC in general. South Dakota is one of the states behind the push for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution and an Article V Convention of States that would be designed to help […] Continue reading →

Tea party goes after Cochran in Miss. GOP primary

Six-term Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel collided in Mississippi on Tuesday in a ferocious battle between insurgents and the establishment in a party divided along ideological lines. On the busiest night of the primary season, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown of California also sought nomination to a fourth term. Primary elections […] Continue reading →

Primaries in 8 states for Senate, House, governor

Voters go to the polls in primary elections in eight states Tuesday, with nominations for the Senate on the ballot in Alabama, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Mississippi in a year in which Republicans need to gain six seats to win a majority. House races drew plenty of outside interest from […] Continue reading →

Man who plotted to kill Obama sentenced to death

A South Dakota judge formally sentenced a man to death for killing a woman as part of what he said was a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama. The hearing Tuesday formalized the unanimous vote of a jury to sentence 44-year-old James McVay to death. McVay would have been sentenced to life in prison without […] Continue reading →

South Dakota gay marriage ban to face lawsuit

A lesbian couple plans to exchange vows Saturday in Minnesota, then be the first South Dakota residents to legally challenge the state’s ban on same-sex marriage and its refusal to recognize such nuptials. Nancy Robrahn, 68, and Jennie Rosenkranz, 72, of Rapid City, have been together 27 years. Minneapolis lawyer Joshua Newville said Friday he […] Continue reading →

Tax Freedom Day is April 21, three days later than last year

This article originated from heartland.org. Tax Freedom Day, the day on which American’s have collectively earned enough income to pay off the total federal, state, and local tax bill, will arrive 111 days into the year on April 21, according to the annual report released this morning by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. While the national date […] Continue reading →

South Dakota 2014 Senate vs North Dakota 2012 Senate: Similarities Persist

In the upcoming 2014 Senate elections, South Dakota is a state that the GOP and most pundits have penciled in as a Republican pickup. But the same was also true in the early stages of the 2012 campaign for the US Senate seat in North Dakota that the GOP was supposed to win. (No, a […] Continue reading →

The Debt Limit and the 2014 Elections

The GOP Should Plan And Campaign In The Key Of Common Sense Hugh Hewitt, My conversation with GOP Senate Senator Mitch McConnell on air Thursday made it obvious that he cannot plan or execute a Senate GOP strategy on the debt limit until the House GOP passes some sort of a debt limit bill and […] Continue reading →

The Best State in America Is�?

Daniel J. Mitchell, What’s the best state in America? I’m not sure I can answer that broad question, but I can address the more narrow issue of which state has the most economic freedom. Last month, for instance, I shared some data from the Canada-based Fraser Institute which showed that South Dakota was America’s most […] Continue reading →

You Don’t Say: Conservative States Most Fiscally Stable

18 of the top 20 most fiscally sound states have Republican Governors, according to a report that studies the “sum of the cash, budget, long run, and service level solvency indices.” The two with Democratic Governors - Missouri and Montana - are red states that voted overwhelmingly for Mitt Romney in 2012. New Jersey came […] Continue reading →

A look at unemployment benefits by state

A look at unemployment rates, the maximum number of weeks that unemployment benefits are currently available and the total number of weeks that would be available for each state if Congress renews federal emergency jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. States that have higher unemployment rates are eligible for additional weeks of federal jobless aid. […] Continue reading →

Iowa insurer pokes fun at federal website in ads

The television ads show a series of medical mishaps: a man kicking the wrong leg in a reflex check, a urine sample bottle that won’t open for a frustrated patient and a blood pressure cuff letting out a strange noise when the doctor presses the plastic bulb. After each scene, a narrator says: “Things don’t […] Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving to All from Conservative Read

Thanksgiving is not a holiday characterized by restraint. The prep time is long, the food abundant, the fights passionate, and the next-day shopping insane. And, of course, there’s the eating. Overeating is practically a part of the holiday. That wouldn’t be cause for concern if […] Continue reading →

Winter to open with bitter cold, snow in U.S. northwest, Rockies - Longterm forecaster

The Pacific Northwest and western Rockies should brace for a dramatic start to the winter, with bitter cold and significant snowfalls, while the eastern United States will have less of both, according to a long-term forecast by Accuweather. The private forecasting firm also warned that the upper Midwest, including Chicago, could face heavy snow around […] Continue reading →

South Dakota Becomes First State To Allow Armed Teachers

by Philip Hodges South Dakota is the first state to legalize possession of firearms by school employees. The provision was signed into law back in March, but it took effect on July 1. Writing for Opposing Views, Sarah Siskind summarized the contents of the bill: “The controversial law, known as the “School Sentinel” was signed […] Continue reading →