Rookie Representative John Hughes (R-13/Sioux Falls) wants to give family businesses a tax break. He proposes House Bill 1218, which would require that school property…
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In his campaign for Governor, Congressman Dusty Johnson has proposed giving homeowners $400 property tax credits plus two years of zero property tax for first=time…
When I heard Representative Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) introduce his speech in favor of House Bill 1068 on the House floor as a product of artificial…
Rookie Representative (and not a doctor or a scientist) Bobbi Andera’s (R-10/Sioux Falls) quack medicine bill died in the House Thursday on a heap of…
Representative Sue Peterson (R-13/Sioux Falls) is acting funny. Even though she’s a Republican, she has put forward two bills that would encourage more democratic participation…
Representative Brandei Schaefbauer (R-3/Aberdeen) just won’t let go of the issue of people knowing where she and her fellow legislators live. Undeterred by House Judiciary’s…
Attorney and rookie Representative Matt Roby (R-5/Watertown) wants to impose a new requirement on people arrested for domestic abuse. Under Rep. Roby’s House Bill 1296,…
Democrats are taking another swing at repealing South Dakota’s food tax. District 15’s dynamic House Dems Erik Muckey and Kadyn Wittman offer House Bill 1281,…
Am I mistaken, or is the 2026 Legislature giving us an unusual number of reasonable decisions? Yesterday House State Affairs killed House Bill 1005, rookie…
Some of the best billification in Pierre is coming from rookie Representative Nicole Uhre-Balk (D-32/Rapid City). With House Bill 1273, Rep. Uhre-Balk proposes that South…