Back in August, Governor Dennis Daugaard said he would back Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s unconstitutional effort to ban people from Minnesota from giving money to…
Month: January 2018
Who is the first donor listed on the New Approach South Dakota—Medical Cannabis 2017 year-end campaign finance disclosure? Republican Speaker of the House Mark Mickelson:…
South Dakota’s Internet providers assure us that they’ll play fair and stick with net neutrality, even though the Trump corporatocrats have ripped up net neutrality…
Every candidate for Governor, Democrat and Republican, appears to support Amendment W, the effort to undo the Republican repeal of IM 22 and restore the…
Legislature Quickly Fixes Corporate-Donor-Reporting Loophole; “Entities” Give 2.2% of Sutton’s Money
Nicely done, Legislature! Yesterday the Senate cast the final unanimous vote for House Bill 1003, which corrects the Legislature’s omission of businesses and unions (“entities”,…
The Republican Legislature has moved from sniping at the edges of our initiative power to firing cannons right at the heart of our right to…
Jeopardy Answer: Respect voters, balance the federal budget, and speak with moral consistency. Jeopardy Question: What are four things Republicans can’t do? Oh, oops! Now I’m…
Two years after the Legislature took away an option that cushioned school revenues from a sudden loss of students, a few hardy legislators want to…
I get where Senator Deb Soholt is coming from in proposing Senate Bill 105. But I can’t accept her intrusion on the Fourth Amendment. The…
Victimless Crime Amendment Also Blocks Prosecution of Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Theft, Terrorist Plots… With five working days left during which legislators and committees can…