The Legislative Research Council’s draft Issue Memorandum on Special Sessions notes that we restrict the scope of a Special Session to ensure that the public knows…
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What is it about Aberdeen men and trucks and vulgarity? This pickup artist sporting this decal combining Q-Anon and Punisher, the latter a favorite of…
The Legislative Research Council is withholding from the public the criminal investigation documents released to legislators considering impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. LRC director…
I suggested last weekend that women and citizens who care about women should take advantage of the newly extended deadline for initiated-measure petitions to draft…
Last week Speaker Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) got the hard drive with the full investigation file on Jason Ravnsborg’s killing of Joseph Boever and said it…
In her grandstanding telemedicine/abortion executive order yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem failed to provide a clear citation for her medically malpractive claim that treating ectopic pregnancies is…
I want to dwell for another moment on Representative Phil Jensen’s (R-33/Rapid City) anti-social comment at Tuesday’s Rapid City school board meeting. SDPB’s Arielle Zionts…
German Lopez of Vox offers a read-worthy essay on our failure as a nation to answer the core question that would define our end goal for…
Governor Kristi Noem has had some trouble understanding the proper scope of the style-and-form veto. To aid her understanding and their own, the Legislature asked…
Last week’s Legislative Executive Board meeting included discussion of a draft Issue Memorandum from the Legislative Research Council on executive orders. The LRC finds that…