I know lobbyists are people, too, but if you want a reason to conduct more Legislative Sessions online, check out Bob Mercer’s tweet from the…
Month: March 2020
So what passed and what didn’t during our Legislature’s historic online Veto-Plus Day? Nine bills passed; three bills failed. The House rightly killed the Governor’s…
Many remarkable things happened during yesterday’s historic online Veto-Plus Day meeting of the South Dakota Legislature, which rolled into the wee hours of this Tuesday.…
I’m still dubious about the merits of buying gift cards to support businesses affected by the coronavirus shutdown. If, brother, you can spare a dime,…
The Legislative Research Council has announced arrangements for public participation in today’s Veto-Plus Day of the South Dakota Legislature. Legislators are mostly staying home and…
I noted yesterday in my update of my review of the twelve emergency bills coming up on Veto-Plus Day today that the $89.6 million in…
Evidently someone in Pierre wants no disruption of the primary or any other electoral delays past June 1. The Legislature’s roster of twelve emergency bills…
Bob Mercer reposts Senator Lee Schoenbeck’s notes on the Governor’s Thursday night conference call with legislators about the action coming on our amazing, historic, online…
The Governor and legislators are piling new bills into an emergency hopper for Monday’s historic Online Veto-Plus Day. When I checked at breakfasttime today, there…
I just heard that civil rights champion Reverend Joseph Lowery died yesterday at age 98. We can celebrate this great man for many reasons. I…