Last year Republicans killed Representative Erin Healy’s (D-14/Sioux Falls) proposal that the state study—just study—the need for pre-kindergarten education on Speaker Steven Haugaaard’s (R-10/Sioux Falls)…
Month: February 2020
Glaringly absent from Congressman Dusty Johnson’s taxpayer-funded pro-Trump propaganda is any mention of the decline of agriculture under Il Duce’s reign. Even Dusty can’t spin…
We may note with relief that Senator Jim Stalzer yesterday withdrew Senate Bill 109, the ill-advised “conscience” bill that would have allowed health care professionals…
Congressman Dusty Johnson is sending out this pro-Trump propaganda at taxpayer expense: South Dakota is “thriving” under Trump? He’s killing farmers, he’s depressing GDP with…
Two Aberdeen legislators looked cops, firemen, and EMTs in the eye and voted today not to even study whether they deserve worker’s comp for PTSD.…
In 2016, Senator John Thune campaigned for reëlection with this formula for reducing the national debt: “The purpose of tax reform ought to be economic…
What could be more special-interest and smoke-filled-roomy than a special tax—and a tax cap!—for premium cigars. Epitomizing elitism, Representative Chris Karr (R-11/Sioux Falls) writes House…
We’ll get to see who, if anyone, shows up this morning in Senate Local Government to testify for or against Senate Bill 180, the retread…
Senate Bill 180, Senator Jim Stalzer’s effort to salvage some shreds of circulator stifling from the unconstitutional wreck of his co-sponsor Representative Jon Hansen‘s 2019…