The supporters of Initiated Measure 22,the Anti-Corruption Act, are playing offense. Represent.Us points out in this fun Facebook video that two of the leading legislators who have sued…
Month: January 2017
Grrrr—Rep. Elizabeth May (R-27/Kyle) says she’s bringing back the same bill to randomly test welfare recipients for drugs that we had to beat back last…
…Leaves Ethics Commission to Krebs Attorney General Marty Jackley announced his 2017 package of legislation last week. With these six bills, Jackley proposes more practical legislation for…
Senate Bill 35 provides the yearly adjustments to the formula for state aid to education. In past years, this bill would have specified the increase in…
Senator-Elect Al Novstrup continues to show little ambition and less leadership. Elisa Sand reports that Novstrup is visiting with constituents but doesn’t have any planned legislation. Evidently suing to…
The Commission on Child Support proposes House Bill 1032, which we could call the Swalve bill, or the Revising Child Support Calculations to Recognize Teaching Is a Full-Time Job…
We’ve seen the draft text of New Approach South Dakota’s proposed ballot initiatives for assisted suicide (taken from Washington State’s “Death with Dignity” Act) and…
“…the disaster that’s been Obamacare…” So says a Republican Congressman on NPR this morning. That hyperbole matches the language Senator Mike Rounds uses about the Affordable…
Among Donald Trump’s counterproductive, Archie-Bunkeresque proposals is the idea of stopping NASA from studying the Earth. We can’t effectively study the universe and search for other planets that could support life…
Local Trumpy Klansters interested in supporting women’s rights may find travel and lodging for the Women’s March on Washington cost-prohibitive. But they could show their commitment to women’s…