On today's show...
The first pair of candidates has thrown their hat into the ring for the 2026 gubernatorial race. Speaker Jon Hansen and Speaker Pro Tempore Karla Lems announced their ticket last Thursday.
SDPB's Lee Strubinger discusses the candidates, their priorities and their prospects. Read his full reporting (1:00 to 14:34).
The Dakota Political Junkies take a look at the (sometimes arbitrary) benchmark of an administration's first 100 days. David Wiltse, Ph.D., and Lisa Hager, Ph.D., from South Dakota State University offer their analysis (14:34 to 31:16).
They also explore whose job it is to check the executive branch.
Neil Fulton, J.D., dean of the Knudson School of Law at the University of South Dakota, says sometimes it's the judicial branch.
He discusses how the Trump administration has reshaped the federal judiciary into a "new normal" (31:16 to 48:52).
