Chairman’s Note: The Argus Leader highlighted a financial newspaper’s report ranking South Dakota the best run state in the nation based on its management of debt and pension obligations. And you can credit Democrats for bringing together a bipartisan group of forward thinking public servants who gave us a reformed retirement system that protects retirees and our state budget to this day. Read more about the actions of Democratic Governor Dick Kneip and the Democratic legislature that created our consolidated retirement system in our latest blog post.