For the record, South Dakota Republicans remain determined to accomplish what Democrat Billie Sutton voted for at least twice: the complete repeal of Roe v. Wade…
Month: February 2019
Sometimes South Dakota Democrats can get a bill through the Senate. Economist and Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) saw “his” Senate Bill 116 pass the…
In yesterday’s bad headlines, KELO-TV slugs Bob Mercer’s report on the narrow defeat of House Bill 1230, Rep. Erin Healy’s bill to add clergy to…
The Legislature has one bill dealing with ballot question petitions on its plate this afternoon, House Bill 1093. When prime sponsor Rep. Jon Hansen first…
Someone, please, check Rep. Arch Beal’s pulse… or maybe his EEG. As I listened to the audio from Friday’s House State Affairs committee hearing on…
Rookie Representative Tamara St. John (R-1/Sisseton) finally put some meat on the bones of her House Bill 1246, a bill she hopes will get the…
Senate Bill 86, Senator Jeff Partridge’s effort to backtrack on his famous 2016 amendment’s promise to give back that year’s half-penny sales tax hike with…
Municipalities and rural electric cooperatives were about to go to war in January over Senate Bill 66, which proposed to take away the ability of…
Governor Kristi Noem’s primary and absolute promise at the beginning of this Legislative Session was, “We won’t raise taxes.” The following bills facing the Crossover…
Among the bills on the Senate’s Crossover Day agenda is Senate Bill 179, which sets the maximum tax levies for school boards and the target…