DENISE ROSS
Opinion: Column ends at start of exciting political year 
This will be my last column. I’ve decided to make a respectable living working for a telecommunications company in its Rapid City office.
It’s a shame to end this column at this time, as things will be quite interesting politically in South Dakota.
By Denise Ross , January 30, 2010
Thune campaign manager: '10 is first Twitter campaign
After South Dakota Sen. John Thune hosted a town hall meeting via live video over the Internet, I got to thinking about how politicians are among those pushing the use of technology as a communications tool. So I did what any modern era observer would, I Googled “politics and technology.”
By Denise Ross , January 23, 2010
Herseth Sandlin continues vet work
The bright lights on Capitol Hill continue to focus on health care and financial reform. Meanwhile, South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House has continued her work on veterans’ issues, which have legislatively defined her this congressional cycle.
By Denise Ross , January 16, 2010
Critics claim Johnson too 'bank-friendly'
When Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., announced he would retire at the end of this year, a flood of stories poured out. Nearly all of those stories included a mention of Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., as Dodd’s near-certain successor chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
By Denise Ross , January 09, 2010
Campaign 2010 the next big story
As political observers take stock of 2009 and what’s coming in 2010 for South Dakota’s congressional delegation, one news story stands out. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., should prepare for a lively and perhaps competitive challenge from Republican Secretary of State Chris Nelson.
By Denise Ross , January 02, 2010
Opinion: Johnson marks third anniversary of life-changing event
It’s just like Sen. Tim Johnson to be all-business, and so he was when I interviewed him about his continued rehabilitation from a brain injury.
During the holidays of 2006, South Dakotans wondered whether the two-term Democrat would continue to serve as he lay unconscious for days in a Washington, D.C., hospital after suffering a brain bleed from a congenital defect known as arteriovenous malformation.
By Denise Ross , December 26, 2009
Johnson ponders financial reform
All eyes are now on health-care reform, but there’s another huge set of reforms waiting in the wings of Capitol Hill. As soon as health-care reform meets its ultimate fate — a quite uncertain fate at this point — we will all barely be able to take a collective breath before the banking and financial reform bill fills the void.
By Denise Ross , December 19, 2009
Private Medicare now on the block
If you’re following the health care reform debate on Capitol Hill — and who can avoid it? — expect to hear more about Medicare Advantage soon. Like abortion and the “public option,” Medicare Advantage is one of the sideline battles within the broader reform debate.
By Denise Ross , December 12, 2009
EPA delay on E15 an omen
When the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would not meet the Dec. 1 deadline for a decision on whether to approve a higher blend of ethanol at the nation’s gas pumps, the move signaled more than a delay of an anticipated decision. It might very well be the first chime of the bells tolling for ethanol.
By Denise Ross , December 05, 2009
Thune gaining on anti-TARP bill
As a member of the U.S. Senate’s Republican minority, South Dakota Sen. John Thune shouldn’t expect to get far with his plan to end the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.
But the Republican has got one thing on his side that’s been gaining him some traction on this issue — public outrage.
By Denise Ross , November 28, 2009
CNN, Times single out Thune
While the nation has been focused on Sarah Palin and her prospects as a 2012 presidential candidate, insiders in Washington have begun putting out a story about another GOP rising star, South Dakota’s John Thune.
In recent days, the Rushmore State’s junior senator has been the subject of a New York Times column and a CNN profile making note of things familiar to Thune’s constituents.
By Denise Ross , November 21, 2009
Opinion: Herseth Sandlin keeps eye on cost of reform
South Dakota’s U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has taken heat from the left for voting against the House’s health care reform bill.
By Denise Ross , November 14, 2009
Johnson invites officials to hold hearings in S.D.
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., has long argued that independent farmers and ranchers are being financially bullied by big agri-business corporations that continue to merge and amass more marketplace power.
It must have made Johnson’s day when the U.S. attorney general and the agriculture secretary announced they will hold anti-trust hearings on this very matter starting early next year.
By Denise Ross , November 07, 2009
Herseth Sandlin takes on Google
Google, the technology giant currently dominating the modern marketplace, has found itself at odds with 20 members of Congress, including South Dakota’s Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
The dust-up involves Google’s relatively new Google Voice feature, which allows users to reroute calls to their various telephone numbers to a common number. Like almost all things Google, the service is free, offers lots of additional features and appears to be a burgeoning hit.
By Denise Ross , October 31, 2009
Thune plan pushes for jet fuel of future
If Sen. John Thune’s plans work out, the B-1B bombers taking off from Ellsworth Air Force Base will be propelled by wood waste and crop-based fuel sooner than you might think possible.
By Denise Ross , October 24, 2009
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