Republicans hate federal gun regulations… until they don’t. Representative Kevin Jensen (R-16/Canton) offers House Bill 1024, which would require applicants for medical marijuana cards to…
Month: December 2023
Last year sensible Republicans tried to tamp down its radical fringe’s opportunity to upset the apple cart at convention with a bill that would have…
Governor Kristi Noem didn’t lay out any grand Legislative agenda in her budget address because she knew she wouldn’t be around to focus on it.…
In urgent matters of state, House Majority Leader Will Mortenson (R-24/Fort Pierre) proposes House Bill 1011, which would add two legislators to the Capitol Complex…
The Logan-Magnolia school district in Iowa didn’t let fear of the future and federal funding stop it from getting five electric school buses to do…
Maybe Governor Kristi Noem should put on a flagger’s vest for her next workforce recruitment ad. The lack of road workers is apparently driving up…
In another example of MAGAism stunting South Dakota’s growth, the Noem Administration has joined five other Republican-led states in refusing federal grants to boost clean…
Back in 2019, I noted that South Dakota’s Obligation Recovery Center—the debt collection office that Governor Dennis Daugaard’s administration created—recovered $3.42 million in outstanding debts…
Former Rounds chief of staff, now USD Law dean Neil Fulton says the problem Governor Kristi Noem is having with the Constitution’s prohibition on legislators…
Speaking of conflicts of interest, Patrick Lalley reports that the Noem Administration appears to have written its request for proposals for its “Freedom Works Here”…