Along with its unnecessary digression into a redefinition of petition circulator that would land South Dakota in court again, Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s Senate Bill 33…
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If we can amend it to avoid another First Amendment violation and court injunction, Senate Bill 33 promises to make signature requirements for candidate petitions…
After posting seventeen proposals for changes to election law at the November 18 Board of Elections meeting, Secretary of State Monae Johnson has sent seven…
In pressing fashion matters, the Department of Revenue is seeking the Legislature’s okee-dokee to start selling license plates with solid backgrounds. Senate Bill 24 would…
Senator Michael Rohl shows his Republican stripes with Senate Bill 6, which would cut the maximum duration of unemployment benefits in South Dakota from 26…
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,…
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…