A smoke free South Dakota?
Dan Roberts And Kristine YoungReporter and News Editor On Nov. 2 South Dakota residents will have the chance to use their constitutional right to vote. Signs have been posted, commercials have been running and information pamphlets have been mailed, but all of that will soon come to an end. In 2002 South Dakota voted to [...]
Re-allocation of the Cement Trust Fund
Katie HillReporter Amendment L of the South Dakota Constitution will be included in the ballot for the 2010 midterm election on Nov. 2. The amendment is proposing a change to Article XIII of the constitution regarding the allocation of the state Cement Enterprise Sales Trust Fund. The state cement plant was sold about 10 years [...]
Shhh! It?s a secret
Hannah Baker News Editor One of the many issues voters will have to consider when going to the polls on Nov. 2 is whether to vote “Yes” or “No” on Amendment K. According to the Save our Secret (SOS) Ballot website, if the amendment passes, the South Dakota Constitution will read: “The right of individuals [...]
U.S. Representative
Your opponent’s campaign ads criticize you for voting in line with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi 90 percent of the time, while Sen. Al Franken used your support of Pelosi as a positive. If re-elected, would you vote for Rep. Pelosi for Speaker of the House again? I’ve disagreed with the speaker a lot [...]
U.S. Representative
You have a different approach to how you would cast your congressional vote, if elected. Please elaborate on this. Secure Advisory Voting is a technology that will allow South Dakota citizens to record their decisions on major national policy issues on a regular basis (quarterly), and thus direct my actions on their behalf in Congress. [...]
U.S. Representative
Many Republicans are running on repealing or denying funding to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. If elected, and this issue came up, would you vote to repeal or deny funding to the act? A majority of South Dakotans opposed ObamaCare from the start, and a majority still favor repeal.I would vote to repeal [...]
Governor
If elected, how are you going to serve your student constituency and higher education? I will continue to promote college education through programs such as the Opportunity Scholarship. I will also continue our state’s commitment to university research, as it expands knowledge and drives economic growth. Research grants received by state universities are now over [...]
Governor
If elected, how are you going to serve your student constituency and higher education? The best indication of my respect for the students and higher education is that I accepted a gubernatorial candidate debate on the campus of SDSU for Oct. 12, and my opponent refused to face you, answer your questions, and defend the [...]
State Representative
Education is the most important function that government provides. I will do my best to provide the funding our elementary, secondary and university systems require, respecting the judgement of teachers and administrators. Faculty raises have been avoided for three years. Not only that, positions have been canceled and departments and entire colleges have been collapsed [...]
State Representative
I have seen the strong connection between Brookings and SDSU; what is good for one is good for the other.I fully support the development of the campus and the expansion of research at State. There has been a trend to shift the cost of the education more and more onto the student to bear.We need [...]
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