In proof that not everyone in power in South Dakota is full of horsehockey and hate, both the Sioux Falls City Council and the Minnehaha…
Month: January 2020
I’m not sure KSFY’s transcript is complete, but in her State of the State speech yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem appears not to have mentioned civics…
As the state Water Management Board heads toward a final decision on the water permits TransCanada/TC Energy needs to service its man camps and Keystone…
KELO-TV says Governor Kristi Noem wants to (KELO’s words) “wrap up industrial hemp legislation within a few days.” The Legislature rarely does anything in the…
“Aggressive” is a vague term used by cheerleaders and by country bumpkins who’ve watched too many farm-implement commercials. Governor Kristi Noem promises to deliver an…
In other ballot question budgetary news, Marsy’s Law is costing us another $65,000. In its budget overview yesterday, the Bureau of Finance and Management told…
The Bureau of Finance and Management provided the Joint Appropriations Committee with an overview of the state budget yesterday. At 39:30 in the SDPB recording…
Governor Noem delivers her State of the State Address Tuesday… but it’s largely redundant. Didn’t she already spend $1.4 million to hire Minnesotans to tell…
Legislating isn’t all fun and games and saving the Republic. Sometimes it’s just dreary updating of technical language. Possibly the most boring committee hearings of…
Sir Patrick Stewart reminds me that, as part of my recovery from my lazy and narrow 1990s conservatism, I may need to get back to…