In 2019, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 15, which added solar energy facilities to the Public Utilities Commission’s portfolio, changed public notice and comment requirements…
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When Indians and environmentalists rally to fight a big oil pipeline, Governor Kristi Noem portrays protest as riot and changes South Dakota law to throw…
If the South Dakota Attorney General says the action you’re about to do is illegal, do it anyway. That’s the message we got from Governor…
Despite our statewide commitment to a superspreader tourist event where sex trafficking thrives, South Dakota Republicans continue to pose as great protectors of women and…
Donald Trump likes killer Jason Ravnsborg, so impeachment is off for another three weeks. But what about those phone calls? Last week an Ohio telemarketing…
Here’s a curious technical bill on government openness: House Bill 1087 seeks to amend just one of the many exemptions to South Dakota’s already weak…
The Republican attack on South Dakotans’ right to make their own laws continues. After overturning voter-approved Amendment A on a stretched legal technicality, Governor Kristi…
Republican legislator and GOP gubernatorial candidate Steven Haugaard called on Governor Kristi Noem to release former appraiser certification chief Sherry Bren from the non-disparagement clause…
Forget nice things; we can barely have sketchy things! Thanks to the voters’ approval of Amendment B in 2020, Deadwood was able to open sports…