Amidst frustration over high property taxes and strained budgets, no one in Pierre this Session had the guts to propose taxing incomes. Such was not…
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The price of oil is up 50% and the price of liquefied natural gas has doubled since the United States and Israel attacked Iran, thanks…
In a cable to our diplomatic corps, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says international cooperation works better against Iran than unilateral action: Secretary of State…
The Game Fish and Parks Commission has killed the Nest Predator Bounty Program… at least in name. While the Nest Predator Bounty Program was only…
Aside from transferring millions of dollars from your grocery budget to the owners of the biggest houses in town, has the 2026 Legislature done anything…
Speaking of the primary, Jon Hansen and Dusty Johnson both say they’ve submitted their nominating petitions with far more than the 2,171 signatures needed to…
Bob Mercer writes up how Governor Larry Rhoden and Speaker Jon Hansen, rivals for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, made nicey-nice to pass property tax relief…
After the exciting little Karr/Rhoden dust-up last November over agricultural pollution, nobody dared to offer any new environmental regulations on farms and ranches this Session.…
Now for some statistical Legis-trivia: The 2026 Legislature passed 241 bills (just bills, not resolutions), 42.2% of the 571 bills filed. Only one has been…
Governor Larry Rhoden’s Senate Bill 96, the optional county sales tax to lower property taxes, got lots of attention this Session. The Governor signed that…