The 2% increase in K-12 funding is up for a vote in House Appropriations this morning. Senate Bill 53 would increase the per-student allocation from…
Month: March 2015
Today is the last day for committees to deliver bills to the House and Senate in Pierre. Among the bills that must do or die…
My friend Scott D. Meyer is running for Brookings City Council. His ideas about community development offer a welcome challenge to the conventional South Dakota…
Hat tip to Larry Kurtz! Just the day before House State Affairs o.k.’ed the petition reform package that makes it harder for candidates to get…
Accused of undermining the will of the electorate by proposing a bill to alter the minimum wage passed by South Dakota voters last November, Senator…
Who’s our radical Republican of the weekend? Is it former District 19 Representative and U.S. Senate candidate Stace Nelson, who promulgates the efforts he ascribes to fellow South…
According to the Aberdeen American News, Senator David Novstrup “fired back at critics” of his youth minimum wage bill at the final Aberdeen crackerbarrel Saturday.…
After a month-long delay since passage in the Senate, the petition reform package finally moved through House State Affairs Friday. Senate Bills 67, 68, and…
Whatever political game the Republican caucus is playing with sexual abuse of children, Governor Dennis Daugaard has said, knock it off. Yesterday Governor Daugaard announced…
South Dakota Democratic Party chair Ann Tornberg is reveling in the opportunity to remind Governor Dennis Daugaard that he said at the beginning of the…