While Tony Venhuizen waits for incumbent Representatives Sue Peterson and Richard Thomason to officially step into a District 13 primary, all three of District 3’s…
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The Venhuizen 2034 Campaign begins! Tony Venhuizen, who has served various roles in the Executive Branch for almost 20 years and was perhaps the only…
Meanwhile, South Dakota legislators continue to fight about pot. Yesterday, House State Affairs killed Senate Bill 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana, and hijacked Senate…
The AP headline is “US States Adding to Financial Pressure on Russia over War.” The Rapid City Journal reads David A. Lieb’s article and plows down to…
Representative Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) prime-sponsored 28 bills and one resolution this Session, almost all directly advancing American Indian interests. Only one, House Bill 1185, made it to…
Senate State Affairs spared schools a little bit of foolishness last week, voting to kill Representative Phil Jensen’s House Bill 1198, which would have required…
The Rapid City shooting range remains alive in the Legislature. The Senate approved Senate Bill 175 on Tuesday, with Senator Joshua Klumb (R-20/Mitchell), who lives…
The excitement about passing a real tax cut for all South Dakotans didn’t last long. Two days after the House passed a two-step reduction of…
In this year’s Session, legislators have considered putting four constitutional amendments to a public vote in November: turning the Secretary of Agriculture into an elected…
Representative Aaron Aylward (R-6/Harrisburg) appears to have put a hoghouse bill to good use. After introducing House Bill 1328 as an empty bill on reporting…