“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he (or she) has attained liberation from the self.” – Albert Einstein This season we’re in – Lent – is a time of going without for most Christians. Cloaked in a hue of ought-ness, questions … Read Article
By Rep. Ray Ring District 17 The main run of the 2013 Legislative Session ended late Friday night, March 8. We will return to Pierre on March 25 to consider Gov. Daugaard’s vetoes, if there are any. This week the Joint Appropriations Committee adopted its final revenue estimates, then divided … Read Article
Guest column from the SD Public Utilities Commission Throughout 2012, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission worked with producer and grain buyer groups to develop legislation providing the PUC better tools for evaluating the financial soundness of grain buyers and warehouses in the state. That effort became HB1017 which received … Read Article
2013 LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMES TO A CLOSE By Sen. Tom Jones District 17 The final week of our 2013 session has finished in a flurry of bills, amendments, and monetary decisions beginning on Monday and ending Friday. In the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, we passed HB 1060 which we … Read Article
The Plain Talk encourages its readers to write letters to the editor, and it asks that a few simple guidelines be followed. Please limit letters to 300 words or less. Letters should deal with a single subject, be of general interest and state a specific point of view. Letters are … Read Article
By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net According to a recent Gallup poll, a lot of us Americans – 51 percent – don’t know enough to judge whether the automatic cuts in the budget put in place last Friday are a good or a bad thing for the country. The remainder tilt toward … Read Article
By Paula Damon “All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed….” From “Winter Trees,” a poem by William Carlos Williams Supersaturating barrenness, hoar frost emerges gently from a clear frigid eve, dressing every hanging limb and twig with an intricately frozen chemistry between air temperature and … Read Article
By Rep. Ray Ring District 17 One week left. The 2013 Legislative Session is rapidly coming to a close. All bills must pass both houses by Tuesday, March 5. The final three days are reserved for concurrence or conference committees. Sometimes the Senate and the House pass the same bill … Read Article
By Rep. Nancy Rasmussen District 17 We have arrived at week eight! This marks the last regular week for the 88th Legislative Session. This week holds another of many “firsts” for me: It is budget week at the capitol. Along with tying up other loose ends, we will be reviewing … Read Article
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