Update 11:02 CST: In my original post, I erroneously accused the Legislature of failing to fix House Bill 1286 and South Dakota’s unconstitutional ballot access laws.…
Month: March 2018
On Tuesday the Tax Foundation published an analysis of the state-by-state cost of Trump’s impulsive and ill-advised steel and aluminum tariffs. This analysis does not…
In this week’s anti-commercial message, Secretary of State Shantel Krebs is trying to put the Mitchell Taco John’s out of business. Testifying Monday in Senate…
…Would Trump Survive This Rule? In other action today, the Joint Legislative Procedure Committee amended its “Professional Conduct and Civility” rule (Joint Rule 1B-3) to…
…Upon One-Fifths Request! The Legislature appears to be adopting a rule to rein in hoghouse amendments. On Tuesday, the Joint Legislative Procedure Committee voted 13–1…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson and his new big-money friends from California get their special treatment: we vote on the Marsy’s Law fix at our June…
Knock another campaign issue off Kristi Noem’s list… kinda, sorta. Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakotans committed fewer violent crimes in 2017: “The crime…
Senate Bill 125, Government Operations and Audit Committee chair Deb Peters’s effort to “clarify” her committee’s subpoena power, hit a bump in the Senate yesterday.…
On a day when the press is filled with news about a porn star suing Donald Trump over his effort to pay her to keep…
Speaking of openness, Senator John Wiik (R-4/Big Stone City) seems to think he can close up his Legislative interactions with the public at the end…