Todd Epp is a writer, historian and recovering lawyer from Harrisburg, S.D. Besides practicing law, Todd has been a broadcast journalist in South Dakota at S.D. Public TV, KSFY-TV and KDLT-TV and in Kansas at KTWU-TV. In the summer of 2013, Todd returned from an 18 month stint as a consultant at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. He's also lived in or traveled to Syria, Turkey, China, Taiwan, Israel, Mexico, Pamama, Germany, France, Spain and Canada, But home is the Sioux Empire. He is married to Donna Osment-Epp, Ph.D. and has two adult children, Sarah and Matt. Hear him when he fills in on the Main Street Cafe or Viewpoint University or read him here on KSOO.com.
Todd Epp
Political Whispers: Governor Whispers Back on Medicaid Expansion
Sunday I reported that a legislative source said that Gov. Dennis Daugaard would expand Medicaid - after the election. Now the governor whispers back.
Daugaard to Support Medicaid Expansion? According to ‘Political Whispers’!
A legislative source says that Gov. Dennis Daugaard will finally relent and support Medicaid expansion to 48,000 South Dakotans - after the November election.
Progressives Want South Dakotans to Get on the Minimum Wage Bus
SIOUX FALLS -- Union members, college students and Weiland for U.S. Senate supporters joined a bus touring the nation in support of fairness to America's and South Dakota’s middle class.
Americans United for Change’s bus stopped briefly Thursday morning at the Labor Temple with its “Put the Middle Class First” tour...
Rounds’ EB-5 Word Salad
Blogger Cory Allen Heidelberger excerpts this recent interview of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rounds in the Black Hills Pioneer on one of the many questions in the EB-5 scandal:
We Don't Fire a Guy for Getting Sued ...
You have things that occur in the normal course of providing administerial services...
What Are the Limits of PACs Coordinating with U.S. Senate Campaigns? Good Question.
It seems the conventional "wisdom" among the South Dakota political operatives, reporters and bloggers is that political action committees can't coordinate with federal office seekers like the U.S. Senate race candidates.
The current TV spot by Mayday PAC in support of Democrat Rick Weiland certainly looks "coordinated," as it contains candid video of Weiland and his family...
Don’t Think Great Thoughts, Read the Statute re Pressler Being a ‘D.C. Resident’
Important safety tip: Don’t believe everything you read coming from political parties, campaigns or even the media.
Pressler is registered to vote in Sioux Falls as an independent in legislative district 12, according to the South Dakota Secretary of State’s voter file...
EB-5: What California Arbitrator Found as Fact Regarding Bollen, SDRC, Inc.
The underlying transactions in the Darley Commercial, LLC v. Hanul Professional Law Corporation v. South Dakota Board of Regents arbitration are convoluted almost beyond explanation.
However, the third party neutral arbitrator in the matter, Robert A...
Don’t Expect EB-5 Road to Go Through Rounds
The road to clarity about South Dakota’s EB-5 scandal will not run directly through former Gov. Mike Rounds.
That is not saying the same thing as the Republican front-runner for the open U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota is or is not culpable...
Rounds Still Leads in U.S. Senate Race But Pressler Gaining
New polling conducted this week shows increasing support for independent U.S. Senate candidate Larry Presser at the expense of Republican Mike Rounds and Democrat Rick Weiland.
The poll was conducted by Nielson Brothers Polling and sponsored in part by Northern Plains News...
Internal Memo Says Rounds Up By 18 Points in U.S.Senate Race
Internal polling provided by the Rounds for Senate campaign says former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds maintains an 18-point lead over his closest challenger.