How would you like to vote on the meaning of life in November? Gubernatorial candidate and Representative Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls) wanted to throw us…
Month: February 2022
When my eager readers caught killer Jason Ravnsborg out scheming with Brookings Republicans to stage an improbable convention coup and cling to the Attorney Generalship,…
Let’s hope the data centers aren’t basing their siting decisions on epidemiological data. In another sign of South Dakota’s commitment to Freedom™ over public health,…
The Legislature is cooking up more corporate welfare. Senate Bill 157 from Senator David Wheeler (R-22/Huron) would exempt big data centers from paying gross receipts tax…
Killer Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has spent the past year ignoring a 2021 law requiring that he hire a specialist to focus on the problem…
Speaking of Amendment C, Dakotans for Health is campaigning against the Legislature’s attempt to get its favored Republican primary voters to rig the South Dakota…
Monday’s weak committee approval of Senate Bill 186 foreshadowed its dismal prospects in the full Senate. Senator Wayne Steinhauer’s attempt to beat voters to the…
Representative Drew Dennert (R-3/Aberdeen) obviously reads Dakota Free Press. Recognizing that Governor Noem’s failure to write an accurate title for House Bill 1012, the higher-ed prong…
Last night the Sioux Falls City Council approved $2,000 bonuses for most of its full-time employees, a $17.50 minimum wage for city employees, a $500…
Senator Wayne Steinhauer’s (R-9/Wall Lake) proposal to beat voters to the punch on expanding Medicaid survived first contact with committee yesterday, but barely. Senate Health…