Senator Michael Rohl (R-1/Aberdeen) is the prime sponsor of a noteworthy seven measures in the 2026 Session hopper. His wide-ranging proposals tackle gold severance tax,…
Category: South Dakota
The Department of Agriculture (and Natural Resources) says it needs to increase costs for livestock producers right now! House Bill 1020, requested by the DA(NR),…
Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen wants to give certain offenders with revoked driver licenses a few more excuses to drive. Certain drug offenders with suspended…
When the Legislature struggled its way toward giving regular folks a sales tax break in 2023, they could only muster the courage to make the…
Representative Bill Shorma (R-17/Dakota Dunes) is trying again to tinker with South Dakota’s calling-and-driving law. House Bill 1010 would remove “Reading, selecting, or entering a…
In the White People Problems file, Representative Bill Shorma (R-17/Dakota Dunes) wants to put golf carts on more public roads. In 2013, the Legislature passed…
Speaking of government expenditures and demon rum… You know what else outweighs the $189.4 million federal Rural Health Transformation grant Governor Larry Rhoden announced yesterday?…
The next time some South Dakota politician bloviates about South Dakota values, ask him/her why our vaunted values of faith, family, and freedom don’t keep…
Governor Larry Rhoden yesterday announced that the federal Department of Hellth is giving South Dakota $189.4 million to subsidize rural health care. The money comes…
In an article emphasizing that housing is the primary hurdle to small-town economic development, Bart Pfankuch also notes that putting the screws to owners of…