Representative Kadyn Wittman (D-15/Sioux Falls) again tries to get South Dakota to broaden its professed love for children beyond embryos and help feed hungry kids.…
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I hate the security state. Governor Larry Rhoden is proposing two bills that will make it impossible for citizens to determine if legislators actually reside…
Senator Jim Mehlhaff (R-24/Pierre) follows through on a proposal he made last fall and files Senate Bill 99, which would replace property taxes levied by…
If it’s January, you can bet legislators are in Pierre playing doctor… Rookie Representative Bobbi Andera (R-10/Sioux Falls) wants to waste more Legislative time rehashing…
Rep. John Sjaarda (R-2/Valley Springs) wants to ban test-tube meat for ten years. Rep. Julie Auch (R-18/Yankton) wants to treat cell-cultured protein like shit. Rep.…
The Republican war on initiative and referendum kicks off this Session with House Bill 1087, in which rookie Representative Travis Ismay (R-28B/Vale) invites yet another…
As expected, Governor Larry Rhoden is punting property tax relief to the counties. Instead of building on the numerous proposals the Legislature’s interim task force…
RV Voters Purged? Petitioners working to refer zoning for a data center to a public vote in Sioux Falls learned this week that they need…
Our teachers are plenty handsome, but… South Dakota is less attractive to teachers than any of its neighboring states except for one—Minnesota! So said the…
The savage demolition of the arms of the federal government that don’t shoot people is impacting South Dakota’s state budget. According to the budget briefing…