Constitutional Amendment D, sponsored by South Dakotans Decide Healthcare, will appear on the November ballot.
Amendment D seeks to expand Medicaid by changing the state constitution, which is viewed traditionally as a more ironclad method of initiating new policies.
South Dakota is one of 12 states where federal funding to expand Medicaid has not yet been accepted by the state. So, Medicaid eligibility rules in South Dakota remain the same as they were prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
There is a mountain behind my house. Well, to be geographically correct it is technically a hill. But to a girl from the big cities, it looks like a mountain to me.
From the first time I saw it, I wanted to hike to the top and soak in the view. It has been on my bucket list for almost a year now. But two weeks ago I checked it off. I made it to the top, and the experience will forever stick with me.
Honey Badger and I have chosen another “50 classic climb” to do this year, Ellingwood Ledges on Crestone Needle in Colorado.
My goal is to do five of the 50 classic climbs in my lifetime.
If successful this will be number three!
In researching this 2000- foot climb I learned more about Albert Ellingwood and his climbing partner, Eleanor Davis. The two were colleagues at Colorado College and were never romantic. In fact, Ellingwood was married to another gal named Rea.
Greetings! Hope summer is going well for all of you. Marcia and I have been at our lake cabin with grandkids. There is something special about teaching grandkids to fish.
Jonathan, 7, caught his first Northern Pike—off the dock no less. I had him run to the shoreline and reel in from there. God only knows what could happen on the dock with our chocolate lab Mocha dancing around and then trying to lift the Northern out of the water onto the dock! The fish wasn’t big to us (three pounds), but to a 7-year-old, it was huge. Great memories!
There has been so much going on since we last touched base. It is policy that the newspapers don’t publish articles from legislators a few weeks prior to the primary election. I totally get that, but the work didn’t stop, and it is time to catch up! So, let’s get to it!
First of all, thank you for supporting me in the primary election. I have told many of you that there is so much more to be done, not only for District 30, but for South Dakota and I appreciate the opportunity to continue “our” work together in Pierre.
Recently someone asked me what I do in my free time. Well, one of the things I have been experimenting with lately is acrylic painting.
Painting is rather messy. You get paint on your hands, arms and clothes. As a result, it somehow ends up on your desk, wall and the outside of the paint tubes. Then, your brushes get sticky and your pallet gets goopy. Many artists even need reminders that the mug on their desk is filled with brush wash water and not coffee.
I had a whole column planned on the lack of safety in Rapid City after learning that the very park I watched the July 4 fireworks on had been the site of a first degree murder just a mere two hours before I got there.
But after last night’s Keystone Town Board meeting I’m too angry to write about Rapid City. I need to address the bathroom issue in Keystone.
July 4 is the unofficial midpoint of summer break (in reality there are 56 days until the first day of school). In the coming weeks parents and students will receive information about supply lists and back to school information. Feel free to visit our website, hillcity.k12.sd.us or subscribe to the facebook page for additional information.
The other day someone jokingly asked me if I ever make mistakes. I laughed. I make them all the time. I just try really hard not to. Don’t we all though? Don’t we all fall short sometimes even after working tirelessly to accomplish our goal? It’s simply a truth of life.
