TOM LAWRENCE

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LAWRENCE: Politics continues to be a family affair in SD

LAWRENCE: Politics continues to be a family affair in SD Johnson, Herseth, Mickelson families to watch in coming years.

By Tom Lawrence , April 03, 2013

LAWRENCE: Herseth Sandlin stays in public eye

LAWRENCE: Herseth Sandlin stays in public eye “The reason we didn’t get a multi-year farm bill in the last Congress, five words: John Boehner and Eric Cantor, bottom line,” she said.

By Tom Lawrence , March 11, 2013

LAWRENCE: Missing Dad, now and forever

LAWRENCE: Missing Dad, now and forever Dad was always a strong man. When he was a teenager, he worked alongside grown men on a Works Progress Administration crew.

By Tom Lawrence , February 28, 2013

LAWRENCE: Kneip should be remembered

LAWRENCE: Kneip should be remembered Dick Kneip, the most successful Democratic governor in state history, isn’t mentioned much, or even recalled that often, today.

By Tom Lawrence , January 10, 2013

LAWRENCE: What does it take to disclose a salary?

LAWRENCE: What does it take to disclose a salary? These are public records, and the salaries are paid with public dollars. We have a legal right to ask, and must be told.

By Tom Lawrence , January 02, 2013

LAWRENCE: State-U contest was more than just a game

LAWRENCE: State-U contest was more than just a game It was crisp, clear and around 50 degrees as I pulled into Brookings. Football weather.

By Tom Lawrence , November 27, 2012

LAWRENCE: Hard to believe that McGovern is gone

LAWRENCE: Hard to believe that McGovern is gone He offered me a glimpse at a thick sheaf of papers. He was writing a memoir, he said, and it would tell old and new stories of his life.

By Tom Lawrence , November 08, 2012

LAWRENCE: Politicians love to feign disinterest in politics

LAWRENCE: Politicians love to feign disinterest in politics Mike Rounds is the latest politician to use a tired old line: He hates politics, doesn’t want to waste his time in office, but, well, you see, duty calls ...

By Tom Lawrence , October 04, 2012

LAWRENCE: Abdnor knew how to take a joke — even one on him

In 1980 Senate race, Gerald Ford tripped up Republican and gave McGovern traction on debate issue.

By Tom Lawrence , May 31, 2012

LAWRENCE: Five years later, we still miss Molly Ivins

She attended the best schools and ran around with kids from rich, influential families. Among the people she saw at events as she grew up in the 1960s was the eldest son of an oilman interested in politics. The son’s name was George W. Bush.

March 30, 2012

LAWRENCE: Who me, on a jury? How the court system works

I am in the Davison County pool this year and thrashed around a bit in the legal waves recently.

By Tom Lawrence , February 23, 2012

LAWRENCE: SD political players brought together for Bill Janklow

Almost all of them were, brought together by the memory of Bill Janklow. McGovern. Thune. Daschle. Noem. Rounds. Johnson. Daugaard. Farrar.

By Tom Lawrence , February 02, 2012

LAWRENCE: Janklow: Remembering a complex, driven man

How will people remember me? That’s what Bill Janklow asked me as we talked on the phone.

By Tom Lawrence , January 12, 2012

LAWRENCE: McGovern stumbles into bigger story

I intended to write a story about George McGovern for Saturday’s paper, but the one that hit Page 1 wasn’t what we had planned.

By Tom Lawrence , December 08, 2011

LAWRENCE: Nothing like a good fright this time of year

LAWRENCE: Nothing like a good fright this time of year We were just two frightened young people in an old house. You see, it was the noises downstairs that scared Ann and me. We were in my room in the rambling, dark, two-story, wooden house when she first heard it.

By Tom Lawrence , October 21, 2011

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