House Education assuages my alarm over Senator Jessica Castleberry’s (R-35/Rapid City) unworkable school censorship bill, Senate Bill 193, by killing Representative Jon Hansen’s (R-25/Dell Rapids)…
Month: February 2023
Speaking of the single-subject rule, Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Pierre) is doing a little more hacking of citizens’ right to amend their constitution with House Bill…
In 2018, South Dakota voters incorrectly and anti-democratically approved Amendment Z, the single-subject rule for proposed constitutional amendments. In 2021, Governor Kristi Noem and the…
Kevin Woster has long held the notion that if we can’t beat ’em, we should join ’em—or, more specifically, that in the absence of a…
To salve her wounds over losing her foster-kid-voucher bill, Governor Kristi Noem further stacked the Board of Education Standards to make sure she gets her…
In a stunning blow to Governor Kristi Noem’s agenda, Senate Education yesterday killed Senate Bill 100, the Governor’s ALEC-generated proposal to give foster families vouchers…
Representative Phil Jensen (R-33/Hisega) wants the Legislature to affirm the South Dakota Republican Party Platform. House Concurrent Resolution 6008 lifts every plank of the 2022…
The culture war meets bureaucratic nightmare in Senator Jessica Castleberry’s Senate Bill 193, a proposal to make choosing classroom materials impossible for teachers. SB 193…
Also on deck for Senate State Affairs Wednesday morning is Senate Bill 139, rookie Senator Randy Deibert‘s (R-31/Spearfish) swing at the RV-voter piñata. Deibert proposes…
South Dakota’s Constitution assigns the Lieutenant Governor to preside over the State Senate and cast tie-breaking votes, just as the United States Constitution assigns the…