On today's show...
A new report says that in 10 years, the Legislature may need to build another 1,500-bed prison. That's to account for population growth and the state's criminal charging landscape.
SDPB's Lee Strubinger breaks down his reporting into lawmakers' reactions to the report (1:00 to 10:22). Read his full story.
Jon Hunter, publisher emeritus of the Madison Daily Leader, and Michael Card, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science, are our Dakota Political Junkies (10:22 to 23:38).
They discuss why former Governor Kristi Noem was invited to Dakota State University last week and the personal reasons behind some of the student protests.
Plus, Joe Santos, Ph.D., joins us for another installment of our ongoing economic literacy series.
He explores why Moody’s Investors Service downgraded its rating of the U.S. sovereign debt and what it has to do with the nation's dollar dominance in foreign markets (23:38 to 48:46).
