Rapid City pastor Greg Blanc, who moonlights as rookie Republican Senator from District 35, proposes micromanagerial Senate Bill 108 to “require that all recorded votes…
Category: South Dakota
Proving that January is a rotten month for circulating petitions, the drive to refer rezoning for a data center in Sioux Falls to a public…
Rookie Representative Travis Ismay (R-28B/Vale) has proposed nine bills so far this Session. Of the six that have had hearings (recall county commissioners, ban paid…
HB 1212: Try Women for Murder If They Abort Pregnancies, Ban Abortions Needed to Save Mothers’ Lives
When he addressed the Legislature on opening day of the 2026 Session, Governor Larry Rhoden vowed to work with legislators and Attorney General Marty Jackley…
Rookie Representative Nicole Uhre-Balk (D-32/Rapid City) demonstrates efficient lawmaking by changing one word to make a ceiling-to-floor change in K-12 education funding. Rep. Uhre-Balk’s House…
In a brief eruption of civic and environmental responsibility, Representative Tim Goodwin (R-30/Rapid City) yesterday filed House Bill 1159, calling for a two-year moratorium on…
Representative Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) just handed anyone who wants to run against him an easy campaign issue: Al is “working” in Pierre to raise his…
Dang—is the Legislature suffering from a fit of good Dakota Free Press sense? Governor Larry Rhoden proposed two bills, House Bill 1083 and House Bill…
The House saved South Dakota from another costly courtroom defeat yesterday, voting 28–38 to kill House Bill 1087, Rep. Travis Ismay’s (R-28B/Vale) patently unconstitutional proposal…
In his address to the Legislature two weeks ago, Governor Larry Rhoden told legislators he “would love it if” House Bill 1044, the Rural Health…