Ag industry leaders and state officials have been telling Donald Trump for months that farmers need NAFTA. But when he whined at the national Farm…
Month: January 2018
Receiving a briefing from the Department of Education at its first meeting yesterday, the House Education Committee wondered whether it should refer to Don Kirkegaard…
After declaring that SD-ELCA Bishop David Zellmer, the Presentation Sisters, and other South Dakota Christians are waging war on “the Christian fabric of our nation,” Senator…
District 3 has a full slate of Republican candidates for Legislature. Rookie According to the Secretary of State’s official candidate list, Representative Drew Dennert filed…
Kristi Noem is campaigning like a Democrat. You’ll recall that on Sunday, I reported on the record-high travel expenses the Attorney General’s office incurred in…
Attorney General Marty Jackley’s proposed bills are in the hopper—see Senate Bills 61 through 65. Senate Bill 65, one of two get-tough-on-drugs measures from our…
The State-Tribal Relations Committee met yesterday afternoon in the Capitol. Dana Ferguson reports that the committee met “informally to discuss disagreements over past minutes, minority…
In addition to the January 20 Women’s March in Sioux Falls, women are marching that day in Rapid City as well: We know Nancy Rosenbrahn—she…
One of the biggest pre-filed bills in the hopper is House Bill 1070, the Department of Revenue’s requested revision of our alcohol laws. 133 sections,…
The South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and Lutheran Social Services are hosting Interfaith Day at the Capitol in Pierre today.…