The dumbest thing said in committee testimony to defeat a smart bill yesterday came from Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls) against Senate Bill…
Month: February 2019
Governor Kristi Noem’s high school civics test mandate, House Bill 1066, took an interesting turn Tuesday. After House Education whittled Noem’s sloppy bill down to…
Donald Trump continues to treat rural America the way he treated Ivana and Marla, taking them as trophy wives, then getting distracted and dumping them.…
Democrats are apparently serious about hearing from their candidates for state party chair before electing them. After a forum attended by all six candidates in…
But wait! The ACLU and I were incorrectly cranky! While the Senate did table SCR 7, which would have authorized a summer study on alternatives…
Let’s connect some campaign finance dots and talk about the influence of out-of-state money in South Dakota politics. Back in November, Shining Light PAC, the…
Update 12:38 CST: Hold the phone… or change those calls to your legislators from cranky to grateful! Multiple Pierre denizens point out to me that…
As I said, there is no emergency at the border. Joining 244 other members of Congress this evening in voting against Donald Trump’s fake emergency declaration,…
The Legislature isn’t ready for electronic notary seals, but yesterday the House said it’s willing to consider remote natorization. Former judge, now Representative Tim Johns…