In a seemingly sensible response to the pandemic, rookie Representative Mike Weisgram (R-24/Fort Pierre) proposes House Bill 1090, which would allow boards of non-profit corporations…
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In more feckless posing, Representative Tom Pischke (R-25/Dell Rapids) proposes the absolutely useless House Bill 1093, which purports to revise the limitations on municipal governments’…
Last week, Governor Kristi Noem announced that she wants to take control of residential zoning away from municipal governments to somehow promote affordable housing the…
The coronavirus pandemic and the hard 2020 primary defeat of anti-vaccine House Majority Leader Lee Qualm haven’t taught the anti-vaxxers in the Legislature anything. Even…
Angry dad Representative Tom Pischke (R-25/Dell Rapids) may be extending his battle to avoid child support payments by promoting fake money. Pischke is the sole…
On the first day of the 2021 Legislative Session, Joint Appropriations received a budget overview from the Bureau of Finance and Management. In that presentation,…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during her Senate confirmation hearing last week that we can’t afford not to incur more debt to fight coronavirus and the…
While the League of Women Voters and numerous allies consider initiating a Constitutional amendment to create an independent redistricting commission, the Legislature has one bill…
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…
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…