Elect a bunch of empty Rs, and what do you get? “Leadership” consisting of no great statesmen… and no women. Republican Representatives-Elect met in Pierre…
Month: November 2018
Who’s the most awesome Democrat in South Dakota? If we can get past the laughter (awesome? in a party that hasn’t moved the needle away…
My relative lack of enthusiasm for 2018’s five ballot measures was reflected in one odd statistic from our general election results: a larger percentage of voters…
G. Mark Mickelson got swamped by Big Tobacco in his unsuccessful Initiated Measure 25 campaign to fund vo-techs by raising our tobacco tax. But he…
We all know that higher tobacco taxes reduce smoking. But the threat of tobacco taxes increase smoking… or at least the purchase of smokes? The…
The surge in numerical voter turnout that appears to have been driven by the excitement generated by Billie Sutton’s failed campaign has one downside (for…
As expected, the man who will really be running the state under the Noem/Rhoden Adminstration is high-priced lobbyist and lawyer Matt McCaulley. Team Noem announces…
Hey, Sleepy Al! Here’s an idea for problem-solving legislation: maybe you could propose a bill to tighten up our motor vehicle registration laws so South…
Time for some good news: a federal judge in Montana has put the Keystone XL pipeline on ice again! Judge Brian Morris of the U.S.…
If Tuesday’s election results stand, South Dakota’s Legislature will have four more women in the 2019 Session than it did in the 2018 Session. The…