Pat Powers provides an excellent example of spin by ellipsis as he takes a gratuitous swipe at the best darn university in South Dakota. Powers…
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I haven’t had much to say about the Legislature’s Democratic caucus this Session, since there aren’t enough of them to make much difference on the…
Senate Bill 77, the 14-point-font rule designed to crush initiative petitions, isn’t on its way to the Governor’s desk yet. The bill just needed concurrence…
Just yesterday, the A.G.’s statement for the independent redistricting initiative popped up on the Secretary of State’s website. The letter is dated and stamped received…
The Legislature got a little skittish about raising the salaries of sitting members of South Dakota’s Executive Branch. Thus, instead of offering Jason Ravnsborg the…
One more pillar of locally owned media has fallen. Jon Hunter has sold the Madison Daily Leader to Arizona-based Wick Communications. Hunter, the third and last…
Pam Cole left her job as executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party last month. But she didn’t leave campaigning for progress in South…
House Joint Resolution 5003, Representative Jon Hansen’s (R-25/Dell Rapids) nefarious effort to erode our initiative power by imposing a 60% vote threshold on any initiative…
Back in February, I noted that Speaker Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) sponsored House Bill 1221, which originally proposed putting state money behind Governor Kristi Noem’s dopey…
Just when I thought our Republican Legislature might be ready to show some moral fiber… Top South Dakota lawmakers announced a proposal on Tuesday to…