Representative Isaac Latterell’s (R-6/Tea) primary Legislative agenda appears to be to waste our time. In the midst of busy-busy Crossover Week, when each chamber must…
Month: February 2020
I’ve had a couple people call this week and ask if they can use material from my blog in their discussions with others about various…
In an effort to actually put some money where the Governor’s mouth is on habitat development, Senator VJ Smith (R-7/Brookings) offers Senate Bill 75, a…
Some Republicans wouldn’t mind expanding the people’s power to refer local laws to a vote… but alas! not enough of them. Representative Julie Frye-Mueller (R-30/Rapid…
I’m intrigued to read that something called Reagan National University appears to be a fake online school with an empty office in downtown Sioux Falls.…
Crossover Week is bringing a merciful death to some typically bad Republican solutions out looking for problems: Yesterday, Senate State Affairs killed House Bill 1225,…
Alan Greenblatt writes for Governing that local governments spend three quarters of their economic development cash on tax breaks. How’s that working out? A forthcoming…
Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark) has our state-subsidized dual credit program for high school juniors and seniors on his mind. After reviewing the Legislative Research Council’s…
I’m listening to Donald Trump, the man who has tried at every turn to cut Americans’ access to affordable health care, tell us that he’s…
If Republicans are going to keep telling us that they don’t want out-of-staters bringing harmful legislation to South Dakota, then they need to stop bringing…