Last year, our Republican Governor and Republican-appointed judges killed Amendment A, the legalization of marijuana that voters approved in 2020, on the argument that it…
Category: South Dakota
Criticism from her former right-wing advisor notwithstanding, Governor Kristi Noem’s retread bill to discriminate against South Dakota’s (what, two? three?) transgender school athletes passed Senate…
Guess who didn’t sign a non-disparagement clause on her way out the door…. Caroline Thorman was another of the Beltway politicos whom Governor Kristi Noem…
This is the kind of bullying that makes reporters quit covering the Legislature…. Speaking of hating diversity, Senator John Wiik (R-4/Big Stone City) single-handedly blocked…
Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday is a good day to celebrate all the diverse voices without which we cannot form a more perfect Union. Of…
Last year the House rejected House Bill 1112, which sought to expand the no-shooting zone around occupied buildings, churches, schoolhouses, and livestock from 660 feet…
Amidst their newfound fondness for ditchweed, the South Dakota Legislature may lower the penalty getting high and packing heat. Representative Kevin Jensen (R-16/Canton) is proposing…
My friend Marvin Kammerer from Meade Count has some questions about the Superfund site known as Ellsworth Air Force Base. Specifically, he wants to know…