On today's show...
We bring you a recap and analysis of Gov. Kristi Noem's budget address. In her speech, the governor gave her budget recommendations for South Dakota's fiscal year 2025.
SDPB's Lee Strubinger stepped into our Pierre capitol studio with a summary of the address. He unpacks the proposals and priorities that Gov. Noem outlined in the speech.
Our Dakota Political Junkies then dig into the content, context and subtext of the budget address.
Mike Card is a political scientist and professor emeritus at the University of South Dakota. Jon Hunter is publisher emeritus of the Madison Daily Leader.
Plus, we end this politics-heavy episode with some poetry. Sion Lidster, co-founder of the Full Circle Book Co-op in Sioux Falls, joined the show in April 2022 with a preview of the co-op's open mic poetry night.
We bring you his interview on the power of poetry and his unique poem railing against the working day.
