TAGS
These tag channels match your search request. Click the tag for collection of related articles and information.
Bob MercerArticles: 58 results from the past year. For older articles, see advanced options.
MERCER: Fort Sisseton plaques to honor a great pair
PIERRE — Up in Marshall County is a real stone and wood link to our pioneer past. Fort Sisseton, built in 1864, isn’t the most-visited in our state’s parks system, but it’s certainly important as a symbol from pre-statehood times.
Monday, September, 24, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — Up in Marshall County is a real stone and wood link to our pioneer past. Fort Sisseton, built in 1864, isn’t the most-visited in our state’s parks system, but it’s certainly important as a symbol from pre-statehood times.
Monday, September, 24, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
Gov. asks AG to investigate calls, mailings attacking legislators
The long-simmering war in the South Dakota Republican Party broke out in the open Wednesday.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
The long-simmering war in the South Dakota Republican Party broke out in the open Wednesday.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: A strange history
PIERRE — The number 19,134 is maybe the most important in the U.S. House of Representatives election this fall for South Dakota’s solo seat.
Monday, September, 10, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — The number 19,134 is maybe the most important in the U.S. House of Representatives election this fall for South Dakota’s solo seat.
Monday, September, 10, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: For newspapers, crunch has come on mail, legals
Back when I was a boy, we didn’t have the Internet. We had twice-daily mail service, however, and Saturday mail service.
Tuesday, September, 04, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
Back when I was a boy, we didn’t have the Internet. We had twice-daily mail service, however, and Saturday mail service.
Tuesday, September, 04, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Are pregnant girls in SD really mistreated?
A report arrived giving South Dakota a big, empty zero for failing to require the equal treatment in our schools of students who are pregnant.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
A report arrived giving South Dakota a big, empty zero for failing to require the equal treatment in our schools of students who are pregnant.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Political obstruction zone: a rebel here, a rebel there, and deadlocks as the result
Maybe it’s the term limits. Maybe it’s the weakness of the Democratic organization. Maybe it’s the schism in the Republican organization. Maybe it’s the rise of the independents.
Monday, August, 20, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
Maybe it’s the term limits. Maybe it’s the weakness of the Democratic organization. Maybe it’s the schism in the Republican organization. Maybe it’s the rise of the independents.
Monday, August, 20, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
Lottery officials plan smoking-ban rebound
PIERRE — South Dakota Lottery officials are developing their strategy to help video gambling establishments rebound from the state’s expanded smoking ban.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — South Dakota Lottery officials are developing their strategy to help video gambling establishments rebound from the state’s expanded smoking ban.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: After NCLB, how many are too many to still be behind?
PIERRE — Is 77 percent good enough? That’s the question we face this summer regarding our school children throughout South Dakota.
Monday, August, 13, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — Is 77 percent good enough? That’s the question we face this summer regarding our school children throughout South Dakota.
Monday, August, 13, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Doland claims Hubert Humphrey, South Dakota's biggest politician
PIERRE — August is when many a son or daughter says goodbye and moves from home. And for many a mother or father, it is a month when moments of sadness mix among the excitement and so much great hope.
Monday, August, 06, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — August is when many a son or daughter says goodbye and moves from home. And for many a mother or father, it is a month when moments of sadness mix among the excitement and so much great hope.
Monday, August, 06, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: SD voters get locked out in choosing key officials
PIERRE — The Gant Affair, as it is becoming known, has brought to mind a question. How does someone become the nominee for a statewide elected office? The answer might surprise you.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — The Gant Affair, as it is becoming known, has brought to mind a question. How does someone become the nominee for a statewide elected office? The answer might surprise you.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Tone set for new BIT commissioner
One of the hardest jobs in state government in South Dakota is delivering and protecting the technology services that government offices increasingly depend upon and that more and more citizens rely on.
Monday, July, 16, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
One of the hardest jobs in state government in South Dakota is delivering and protecting the technology services that government offices increasingly depend upon and that more and more citizens rely on.
Monday, July, 16, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: If new casinos approved, gambling explosion awaits
PIERRE — We have entered a new phase of legal gambling in South Dakota. This summer, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is pursuing a casino in Sioux Falls, by openly dangling the promise of millions of dollars for local and state governments.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — We have entered a new phase of legal gambling in South Dakota. This summer, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is pursuing a casino in Sioux Falls, by openly dangling the promise of millions of dollars for local and state governments.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Much of SD's next legislative class already secure
November is still four months away, yet nearly one third of the 35 men and women who will be members of the South Dakota Senate for the new term starting in 2013 are already elected.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
November is still four months away, yet nearly one third of the 35 men and women who will be members of the South Dakota Senate for the new term starting in 2013 are already elected.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Rep. Hunt notable for anti-abortion actions
PIERRE — At age 74, Rep. Roger Hunt is leaving the Legislature in the same quiet way that he generally operated as a legislator.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — At age 74, Rep. Roger Hunt is leaving the Legislature in the same quiet way that he generally operated as a legislator.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Will we heed lessons of catastrophic floods?
PIERRE — Last weekend marked the 40th anniversary of the 1972 flash flood that ripped apart Rapid City on the night of June 9 and early hours of June 10.
Monday, June, 11, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — Last weekend marked the 40th anniversary of the 1972 flash flood that ripped apart Rapid City on the night of June 9 and early hours of June 10.
Monday, June, 11, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
AA boys, girls hoop tourneys may be held together in 2016
PIERRE — State basketball tournaments for boys and girls teams from AA schools would be held at the same site on the same weekend, for a two-year trial basis, under a proposal that emerged Wednesday from the board for the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - Sports
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
PIERRE — State basketball tournaments for boys and girls teams from AA schools would be held at the same site on the same weekend, for a two-year trial basis, under a proposal that emerged Wednesday from the board for the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - Republic Capitol Bureau - Sports
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Leaders plan new panel for open government
Gov. Dennis Daugaard and state Attorney General Marty Jackley are taking the next step in South Dakota government’s increased emphasis on open government. They are forming a new panel this summer to look at where changes would be beneficial.
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
Gov. Dennis Daugaard and state Attorney General Marty Jackley are taking the next step in South Dakota government’s increased emphasis on open government. They are forming a new panel this summer to look at where changes would be beneficial.
Monday, June, 04, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
MERCER: Time to be brave about that name of the Braves
PIERRE — I started to re-think my thinking recently about whether calling a sports team the Braves is a racial wrong.
Tuesday, May, 29, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
« Previous
1
2
3
PIERRE — I started to re-think my thinking recently about whether calling a sports team the Braves is a racial wrong.
Tuesday, May, 29, 2012 - The Daily Republic - News
Purchase a print of this Newspaper Page
RSS Feeds