Fans of ranked choice voting, take note: the South Dakota Legislature uses ranked choice voting! As I mentioned earlier, the Legislature’s Executive Board will meet…
Month: March 2018
Tomorrow isn’t just Veto Day in Pierre; at least four committees will meet: GOAC will convene at 8:30 a.m. in Room 362, before the scheduled Senate session…
Along with the three substantive vetoes I reported yesterday, Governor Dennis Daugaard issued two style-and-form vetoes on the final day of his consideration of bills.…
“The DSU team”? What DSU team?, says Dakota State University in response to AP’s queries about their involvement in the TenHaken/Rounds 2013 political troll-hunt: Dakota…
A glutton for punishment that even I didn’t want to incur, Megan Raposa analyzes the “new” South Dakota K-12 curriculum standards and finds, unsurprisingly, that…
Oh, dread capitalist tyranny: Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to…
Pastor Steve Hickey brought to my attention comments made in January by Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of departed preacher Billy Graham, concerning America’s moral decay…
I’m hearing from a Legislative source that Governor Dennis Daugaard has given the Legislature five bills to work on on Veto Day Monday: Senate Bill…
My morning paper brings me two letters taking opposite sides in the gun debate. Dan Oliver of Aberdeen calls teachers complainers, perverts, and sissies but…
As of this writing, Governor Dennis Daugaard hasn’t used his last chance opportunity to exercise his veto power. But among the bills still on his…