In 2002, Bob Newland led a campaign for a constitutional amendment (Amendment A) to give defendants the right to argue the merits of the laws…
Month: January 2023
Scary things pop into my inbox every now and then. Among the scariest is this reminder from the Secretary of State to file my campaign…
Governor Kristi Noem has offered to build divisively conservative Hillsdale College of Michigan an entire campus in South Dakota. Some Republican legislators think it would…
Rookie Representative Tony Venhuizen (R-13/Sioux Falls) served as one of Governor Kristi Noem’s chiefs of staff (before she finally gave up on South Dakota advisors…
The South Dakota Republican Party machine has scared Representative Kevin Jensen (R-16/Canton) out of his bid for party chair. But the conflict of interest the…
The South Dakota House of Representatives held is own contested vote for Speaker of the House this week. The vote differed significantly from the McCarthy/monkeywrencher…
Oh, you know that great idea Governor Kristi Noem has to rebrand vouchers as scholarships for foster kids so she can divert more taxpayer dollars…
Last spring, Carl Petersen of Parade circulated a petition to move the Dewey County seat from Timber Lake (population 513) to Eagle Butte (population 1,260).…
Governor Kristi Noem has updated her staff page to feature her new press secretary, Amelia Joy. Team Noem dedicates one sentence to Joy’s education and…
The big property-tax break bill is in the hopper. On Tuesday, Representative Trish Ladner (R-30/Hot Springs) filed House Bill 1043, her interim tax committee’s proposal…