DRA Welcomes Jason Schoch as New Executive Director After an extensive search, Dakota Rural Action (DRA) is pleased to announce Jason Schoch as its next Executive Director. As the organization prepares to celebrate nearly 40 years of organizing in South … Continued
Dakota Rural Action (DRA) will host a Data Center Panel Discussion at 6:30 pm at the Minneluzahan Senior Center in Rapid City on Wednesday, May 13. The discussion will explore a variety of topics around data centers and what they … Continued
SB 245 offers property tax relief on the backs of working families Today South Dakotans for Fair Taxes, a coalition of citizen groups including Bread for the World SD, South Dakota AFL-CIO, and Dakota Rural Action launched a campaign to … Continued
April 25 @ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm CDT Do you want to learn how to work with your neighbors to improve the rules that impact your area? Attend this Community Organizing Training on April 25 in Brookings to learn some key components … Continued
The members of SD Property Rights and Local Control Alliance, SD Citizens for Liberty, and Dakota Rural Action commend the Senate for resisting the passage of HJR 5001. Our coalition has members from all across the political spectrum, yet we … Continued
Register for our Citizen Lobby Day! One of the most powerful things we as citizens can do is interact directly with our legislators. Please join us in Pierre on Feb. 17th. This is a great opportunity to interact with legislators … Continued
With the Trump administration’s announcement to quadruple beef imports from Argentina just days after Senator Mike Rounds had assured South Dakota producers that the president would do right by the American producer, members of Dakota Rural Action (DRA) and livestock … Continued
MISSION SOUTH DAKOTA ORGANIZER Dakota Rural Action (DRA) is seeking a dynamic individual to join our team. This position is located in or near Mission, SD and the work will focus on the communities and people living within the Rosebud … Continued
Dakota Rural Action is proud to present this study of distributed solar energy in the Black Hills Power service area prepared by Crossborder Energy. We believe the results of this study apply across South Dakota. Many utilities in South Dakota … Continued
In an historic decision, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously yesterday to uphold county ordinances related to hazardous carbon dioxide pipelines and to deny Navigator’s CO2 pipeline permit application. The decision was based upon the company’s failure to … Continued