Senator Liz Larson (D-10/Sioux Falls) leads the Democratic minority in the South Dakota Senate. Last week, Senate Bill 213 — a proposal to expand out-of-school…
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Speaking of Republican-on-Republican rhetorical violence and the Noem family’s general scuzziness, the Republican crony-consultants at A1 Development Solutions are suing Kristi Noem’s son-in-law for cheating…
Remember when Kristi Noem wrote about killing her dog Cricket for ruining a hunt to, in Kevin Woster’s words, “promote[…] herself as a country tough…
The Senate’s defeat of House Joint Resolution 5001 yesterday whittled down the possible ballot measures the 2026 Legislature will put on the general election ballot…
In 2024, opponents of carbon-capture pipelines referred a law favoring pipeline companies over property owners to a public vote and rode public outrage against the…
The Legislature has significantly scaled back Senate Bill 3, Senator Michael Rohl’s (R-1/Aberdeen) proposal to prohibit local governments from requiring permits for various home renovations.…
House State Affairs may have taken the prohibition on selling abortion-related products out of House Bill 1257, but the anti-abortion fanatics are pushing a ban…
Now that the Trump Court has allowed South Dakota to ban pretty much all abortions, the abortion lobby has had a pretty dull 2026 Legislative…
Rhoden Map Shows Home Tax Savings Less Than 25% in Most Counties, Doesn’t Calculate Higher Sales Tax
I’ve estimated that Senate Bill 96, Governor Larry Rhoden’s half-hearted plan to allow counties to charge a 0.5% sales tax to lower property taxes, would…
Madhu Gottumukkala is one of the South Dakota cronies Kristi Noem dragged along with her to the Department of Homeland Security: Gottumukkala had no prior…