On Monday, Vermillion resident Barry Tim Hulse filed a statement of organization for “Barry Hulse Democratic Candidate for Governor of South Dakota.” I am heartened…
Month: January 2022
When Republicans offer bills dealing with ballot measures, they’re usually trying to take away our right to put laws to a vote. After all, we’re…
Governor Kristi Noem can’t figure out her Next Big Thing for South Dakota, but Representative Drew Dennert has an idea: Super Tuesday! The Aberdeen Republican…
Jarrod Johnson is coming back to School and Public Lands for a year to allow Governor Noem to plug holes in her continual staff churn.…
On the same day that chief counsel Mark Miller told House State Affairs that Governor Kristi Noem would not ask for a bill that is…
House State Affairs approved Senate Bill 46 today on an 11–2 vote. SB 46 is Governor Kristi Noem’s unconstitutional bill seeking to distract us from…
Speaking of government campgrounds, did you know South Dakota has a law prohibiting government from unfairly competing with private campgrounds? SDCL 9-38-1 allows municipalities to construct…
Among the numerous restrictions legislators are proposing to whittle away at Initiated Measure 26, the medical marijuana measure that South Dakota voters passed in 2020,…
Kristi Noem lost her shooting range; now Kristi’s Custer campground is going to flop. In another blow to the Governor’s failing agenda, House Agriculture and…
Republicans are 100% against tax increases… unless they can tax you hippies driving electric cars running on solar power. Last year South Dakota Republicans finally…