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
Rounds Expounds on Keystone XL Pipeline
Former SD Gov Mike Rounds, Republican candidate for the US Senate, discussed his support of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast.
South Dakota Democrats’ Most Important Election is Really in Early 2015 on Political Whispers
Unless U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland can pull off an upset Election Day, the South Dakota Democratic Party will be shut out of holding a single statewide office.
I’m not sure when the last time this has happened but I don’t recall it happening since I’ve been involved in South Dakota politics in some capacity starting in 1986...
Why Was The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank in Sioux Falls?
The Washington Post's ace political reporter Dana Milbank was in Sioux Falls Thursday.
Abscam FBI Agent Says Follow The Money in EB-5 Scandal
SIOUX FALLS — An old hand at investigating government corruption had one piece of advice for the FBI, which admitted yesterday (Wednesday) that it had an “active” investigation ongoing into South Dakota EB-5 scandal — follow the money...
Rounds Responds to Barth’s EB-5 Lawsuit, Says He Has No Personal Files
Former governor and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds says in an affidavit that does not have any personal files related to the EB-5 scandal.
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 [Opinion]
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...