Jon Schaff

A governemnt accountability board voted for a hearing on possible misconduct by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and a Spearfish roundtable discussion highlighting Senator Mike Rounds got intense.

Voters will decide in November whether or not the state of South Dakota will expand Medicaid. But lawmakers will write the state's next abortion laws. Dakota Political Junkies Pam Carriveau and Jon Schaff discuss.

Absentee voting for the June primary has begun, and voters will weigh in on whether they think Representative Dusty Johnson and Senator John Thune are doing their jobs. Plus, the wealthiest among us is set to purchase a platform most of us use. How might Elon Musk change the rules of Twitter?

A $35,000 grant from the Knight Foundation Aberdeen Fund and the South Dakota Community Foundation is supporting three years of activities under the umbrella of the Northern State University Center for Public History and Civic Engagement. We talk with the center's director, Jon Schaff, Ph.D., about what's ahead for the program and how it might be affected by the upcoming South Dakota legislative session.

In The Moment … October 7, 2020 Show 918 Hour 1The South Dakota Legislature met in special session on Monday and gave spending power of the federal CARES…

In The Moment … August 12, 2020 Show 879 Hour 1Joe Biden has a running mate, Sturgis-bound traffic is being turned away at a Cheyenne River Reservation…

In The Moment … July 15, 2020 Show 859 Hour 1It's that time of the week where we welcome the Dakota Political Junkies. Let's welcome Jonathan Ellis,…

In The Moment … July 1, 2020 Show 850 Hour 2President Donald Trump arrives in South Dakota Friday - the same night that the much publicized fireworks…

In The Moment … June 17, 2020 Show 840 Hour 2Governor Kristi Noem has been lauded by conservative-leaning media recently for her handling of the Covid-19…