Cannabidiol is a non-intoxicating cannabis extract with a variety of possible medical uses. Senate Bill 95 would add cannabidiol to the Schedule IV (least addictive) list of controlled…
Month: February 2017
As one of the majority whips, Senator Al Novstrup ought to have some pull in getting his own legislation passed. But he was able to whip almost…
Hooray! Aberdeen has put itself on the map! Oh, wait—it’s the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate Map: Good job, Amanda, Jessica, and Paul! And special kudos to…
Senator Mike Rounds said South Dakotans don’t have to worry about his constituent-defying vote to confirm the President’s dangerously unqualified Education Secretary because her signature plan, vouchers…
Profs at the School of Mines are worried that renovation of McLaury Hall means they’ll lose their chalkboards: “Everybody’s really concerned that they’re going to come…
Senate Taxation rejected Senator Troy Heinert’s admirable “Buy American Steel” plan Monday. Senator Heinert had proposed Senate Bill 158 to encourage pipeline companies to use American…
Amidst the Legislature’s zeal for repealing Initiated Measure 22 (and rubbing that repeal in voters’ faces), I’ve been keeping an eye out for signs they might…
Senator Stace Nelson has rounded up some fellow cranky conservatives to challenge the practice of “vehicle bills” or “carcasses.” Nelson and eleven other Republican legislators* have asked…
Revenues are dwindling, the budget is in peril, but Happy Valentine’s Day, ladies! The South Dakota Legislature spent this afternoon chipping away at your bodily autonomy. House Bill…
Republican legislators have been trying to placate crackerbarrel crowds made grouchy by the repeal of Initiated Measure 22 by promising to pass replacement bills that will enact the policies voters…