Governor Kristi Noem’s burial of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Department of Agriculture means fewer environmental inspectors available to check our…
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In a sign that another of my Top Ten Stories of 2021 (see #10, the undercard) may be headed toward fruition, epidemiologist Dr. Bonny Specker of…
So Representative Phil Jensen and Senator Reynold Nesiba walk into a bill…. Go ahead, take a moment, make your own punchlines. Then read House Bill…
Speaking of trampling on local control, Governor Kristi Noem plans to extend her war against local zoning authority to neuter municipal governments’ ability to manage…
That Dakota Dunes flag bill whose title cropped up briefly on the LRC website last month has officially emerged as Senate Bill 81, Senator Jim Bolin’s…
Secretary of State Steve Barnett’s renewed push for online voter registration went nowhere fast last week. Senate State Affairs didn’t just kill Senate Bill 24; they…
Aberdeen continues to report surprisingly good sales tax numbers… but amid the bed-and-breakfast tax numbers lies an ugly correlation to the coronavirus pandemic: Aberdeen’s increase…
Senator Lee Schoenbeck and rookie Representative Will Mortenson join this year’s cycle of the Republican war on people power with Senate Bill 86, which appears…
After two weeks of work, and with two weeks left to introduce new bills in regular order, the Legislature has thrown 179 bills in the…
You know what’s funny? Kristi Noem complaining about elected officials not returning her calls: Gov. Noem on Thursday revealed she hasn’t heard from prosecutors investigating…