Black Hills coalition sues for peace

Preservation is a weak spot in the Republican agenda and if enough people believe forest and rangeland resilience is a bankable position the South Dakota Democratic Party needs to exploit it by fielding candidates who can convince voters to reject politicians like John Thune, Marty Jackley, Mike Rounds and Dusty Johnson who work for the grazing, mining and logging profiteers at the expense of public lands.

South Dakota a financial education black hole

Source: WalletHub

In 2024 South Dakota dropped to 49th in financial literacy and 50th in financial knowledge and education despite the Republican former governor's pathological Pollyannaism. The state was the 43rd best economy in the US, 51st in percentage of businesses owned by women and 50th in innovation potential.

Today, the horrible red state has dropped to 50th in financial literacy and 51st in financial knowledge and education rank, 41st in innovation, 45th in human capital rank, 47th in innovation environment and 50th in share of technology companies. 

Creighton University's Ernie Goss has been warning that the Trump Organization is bad for American agriculture and follows the economies of several breadbasket states including South Dakota's. Banksters are freaking out because the March Rural Mainstreet Index dropped to its lowest level since October 2025 and loan delinquency rates increased. Goss says it’s the 13th time since January of last year that the rural economy reading fell below the growth neutral threshold.

The March RMI for South Dakota sank to 40.3 from February’s 47.2. According to trade data from the [International Trade Association], South Dakota exports of agriculture goods and livestock for the first month of 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, fell by 82.2%. Compared to the first month of 2024, the South Dakota exports of agriculture and livestock for the first month of 2026 sank by 39.9%. [Mainstreet Economy]

Bryon Noem a cross-dresser?

Josh Boswell and this interested party are Faceberg friends and have traded information about Mrs. Noem's infidelity.

We’ve reviewed hundreds of messages involving three women from the 'bimbofication' scene – where p*rn performers transform themselves into real-life Barbie dolls by pumping colossal amounts of saline into their br**sts.

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— Josh Boswell (@JoshTBoswell) March 31, 2026

See for yourself - go to @Daily_MailUS to read the whole story.https://t.co/nOVyfBc6LT

— Josh Boswell (@JoshTBoswell) March 31, 2026

Dems, Natives poking Earth haters in Rapid City elections

Rapid City's population is about 11% Native, Indigenous people account for nearly 60% of arrests there and South Dakota's jails and prisons are overwhelmingly warehousing American Indians. 

From the days of card tables and stock pots filled with steaming soups every Sunday on the banks of Rapid Creek Deirdre Monahan, Pat Zent and their intrepid group of Food not Bombs volunteers provided an alternative for up to seventy people otherwise subjected to persecution at the hands of the christianic religionists who operate the Cornerstone Mission. 

Laura Armstrong is a local speech language pathologist who served on the Rapid City Common Council from 2017-2023, twice as Council President and in December this interested party asked her to enter the Democratic gubernatorial primary so elderly spoiler Rick Knobe would stay out of the race. Today, Armstrong a shoo-in for Ward 5 as Rod Pettigrew is not running again.

Murray Lee from NDN Collective is challenging Ward One incumbent Josh Biberdorf. Christopher Vanderhoof is challenging incumbent Lindsey Seachris’ seat in Ward Two. Ward Three incumbent Keven Maher is being challenged by Andrea (ANNDREA) Schaefer. John Roberts, the incumbent for Ward Four, being challenged by Valeriah Big Eagle and Ardin Jay Cychosz (SEE-KOSH). Laura Armstrong and Pat Roseland, both former Council members, are running for Pettigrew’s seat in Ward Five. 

Some of the council candidates appeared at a recent Pennington County Democrats candidate forum at The Dahl in Rapid City, where party organizers emphasized candidate support, petition drives, and fundraising to help local campaigns get on the ballot and meet their goals. 

The evening highlighted the growing presence of Native candidates and women seeking local office. Big Eagle who is the director of He Sapa Initiatives at NDN Collective and Yankton Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux, spoke about working with youth, confronting high Native student dropout rates, and coaching basketball as a way to keep young people in school and “off the streets.” She tied her city council bid to long-running work on affordable housing, clean water, and opposition to mining projects that threaten the Black Hills and local water supplies. 

Read it all at Native Sun News Today.