Dakota Town Hall

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Back again! This week on Dakota Town Hall, Whitney Rencountre II, CEO of the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, joins the show for a fascinating look at what's happening on the mountain, why the project is moving faster than people think, and the bigger mission behind preserving Native American history and culture. We get into the massive scale of Crazy Horse, the future of its university and museum, criticism of the carving, record-breaking Black Hills Powwow attendance, and why the next decade could be a game changer for the Black Hills.Plus, District 16 House candidate Lisa Bogue jumps in to talk education, agriculture, data centers, door knocking, and what she's hearing from voters as November closes in. Then Jake and Murdoc hit the statewide board: Heather Baxter and Terrence Davis square off in the Secretary of State race as the hand-counting debate heats up, Smithfield's $1.3 billion Sioux Falls project hits another hurdle, Brian Bengs makes his independent pitch, and a DUI involving farm equipment gives the guys plenty to work with. Election Day is closing in, and South Dakota politics isn't slowing down.@DakotaTownHall@Jakeshoenbeck@MurdocJ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back again! Former Sen. Erin Tobin, District 4 Sen. Stephanie Sauder, and Dakota War College’s Pat Powers jump into the fight over South Dakota’s data center future, from AI, local control, and looming legislative battles to whether moratorium politics will survive another session. Then the Watertown forum takes center stage after Neil Tapio bows out just hours before it starts, setting off a debate over moderators, tough questions, campaign strategy, and whether avoiding the room is ever the smarter political move.Plus, the Minnehaha County GOP rolls out a general election loyalty questionnaire, Jim Eschenbaum wants another term running the state party, and the crew wonders how Republicans rebuild donors, trust, and an organization that increasingly seems to be getting outworked by everyone around it. We also hit Secretary of State endorsement ping-pong, politicians flooding the feed with carefully curated normalcy, vicious campaign ads, and, naturally, another round of South Dakota’s best burger debate.@DakotaTownHall@Jakeshoenbeck@MurdocJ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back again! Senator Taffy Howard and Representative Eric Muckey join Jake and Murdoc for a full ballot-amendment brawl, starting with Amendment J and whether South Dakota needs to put an explicit citizenship requirement for voting into the state constitution. Then comes the rare moment of bipartisan harmony on Amendment K and the proposed unclaimed property trust fund, before things heat right back up over Amendment I, Medicaid expansion, federal funding, affordability, work requirements, and just how much fiscal risk South Dakota should be willing to carry.Then Amendment L takes center stage, with Howard arguing South Dakota’s constitution deserves a 60 percent threshold and Muckey making the case that the change would weaken a century-old voter check on the Legislature. Plus, Brian Bengs’ viral C-SPAN confrontation gets the Town Hall treatment, the Senate race gets a temperature check, and the crew somehow still finds time for Buffalo Roundup bar reviews, a mystery hoodie giveaway, and bachelor-party survival odds.@DakotaTownHall@Jakeshoenbeck@MurdocJ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back again! South Dakota’s normally sleepy Secretary of State race just blew wide open. Democratic candidate Terrence Davis joins the show after sitting Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s headline-making endorsement sent shockwaves well beyond the state. Davis gets into the endorsement, his case for the office, the fight over hand-counting ballots, Heather Baxter’s approach to elections, and why the nuts-and-bolts work of the Secretary of State matters far beyond Election Day. Plus, Garrett Van Lear from Formula Hardrocker Racing takes us inside South Dakota Mines’ student-built race car program, carbon-fiber suspension, 70-mph machines, and the road to Michigan International Speedway.Then Jake and Murdoc hit the week’s political fallout: Rapid City’s growing defense industry and an $18 million investment tied to the region’s aerospace future, Dusty Johnson’s newly blunt criticism of Donald Trump, Kristi Noem’s elk hunt somehow becoming national news, Toby Doeden keeping the Facebook content machine alive, and a possible Trish Ladner appearance after her trip to Taiwan. And of course, Murdoc prepares for the Buffalo Roundup by asking the question that apparently matters most: is there a bar?@DakotaTownHall@Jakeshoenbeck@MurdocJ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.