Once again, Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard agrees with Democratic blog Dakota Free Press—House Bill 1158, Rep. Rev Scott Craig’s (R-33/Rapid City) proposal to swamp South Dakota refugee settlement…
Month: February 2016
Stu Whitney looks at the South Dakota Legislature’s willingness to stigmatize and deny equality to people who don’t look or love the way their Ward-and-June morality says they should and…
Rep. Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) came through this week with his proposal to require geographical diversity in signatures on ballot measure petitions. House Bill 1241 adds this formula…
The uncompassionate, unconstitutional conservatives of the South Dakota Legislature just keep trying to kick the poor in the teeth. A week after seeing the DiSanto-Olson…
The work of democracy never ends—I have another speaking engagement on Monday! The Brown County Democratic Forum has invited me to speak at their February meeting.…
The Democratic caucus in Pierre has filed its teacher-pay tax plan. Senate Bill 151 exempts food from sales tax, then raises the rest of the sales and use…
Last night I noted that that the main idea of a Dakota Free Press readers’ bill on requiring 80% landowner consensus to invoke eminent domain has…
KELO-TV is crowing that their coverage of the GEAR UP scandal prompted lawmakers to propose tightening our state conflict-of-interest laws. Yeah, yeah, but have you and your…
Last month Governor Dennis Daugaard said the apparent corruption in the GEAR UP program administered by the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative for the state was “ridiculous.” Evidently sick…
Our ballot measures stop at ten—medical marijuana doesn’t make the cut! Secretary of State Shantel Krebs and her team finally finished reviewing the medical marijuana petition…