Chief Justice David Gilbertson’s State of the Judiciary Address detoured to a State of the Fiduciary, as he said South Dakota has more money deposited…
Month: January 2019
Senator Red Dawn Foster (D-27/Pine Ridge) cast her vote in the Capitol yesterday; rather inauspiciously, she joined the unanimous crowd in electing career Senator Brock…
The Department of Revenue apparently wants to give up one potential source of revenue. Its House Bill 1017 asks the Legislature to repeal Revenue’s authority…
Our new Attorney General may be a bigger idiot than Donald Trump, but at least we have the American Civil Liberties Union to talk sense…
Do you think welfare should include work requirements? Then go talk to Tru Shrimp. The Balaton, Minnesota, company got $2.6 million in government assistance and…
Governor Kristi Noem addressed the South Dakota Legislature this afternoon. Several of her words deserve highlighting. (All quotes come from the transcript Governor Noem provided…
Remember how three out of four political parties (Dems, Libs, Cons) in South Dakota flunked conventioneering in 2018? I saw an early bill in the hopper…
Dang it: if Governor Noem would quit hiring kin, I would get to blogging more bills! The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota is…
Senate Bill 39, Senator Stace Nelson’s anti-nepotism bill, is a great idea. Alas, it doesn’t declare an emergency, and it gives Kristi Noem and her…
The Koch Brothers are probably going to sue to overturn Initiated Measure 24, G. Mark Mickelson’s ban on out-of-state money in ballot question campaigns. As I…