Governor Kristi Noem talks a lot about the importance of openness and transparency in government. Apparently that doesn’t extend to discussions of coronavirus, as she…
Category: South Dakota
The Aberdeen Mall is about to lose another business. Kelda Pharris reports in my local paywalled paper that Odyssey Entertainment is going to bring to…
Given that the Legislature is showing its willingness to hoghouse bills at the last minute for surprise purposes, I propose several new bills that the…
Hey, we made the news! Yay, South Dakota! Oh, wait—it’s because we’ve joined the list of states where somebody has covid-19: Our first five documented…
The House used its hoghouse powers for good yesterday. Senate Bill 144 came to the House floor Monday. Originally part of Senator Brock Greenfield’s (R-2/Clark)…
You want ridiculous? How about a Republican President stepping to the mic in the White House to discuss the public health threat of coronavirus and…
With our state budget projection swinging wildly back to nominal and hemp and pay raises mostly hammered out, and with the deadline past for final…
So the money is there after all: Governor Kristi Noem caved yesterday and said the Legislature can spend $3.5 million to legalize industrial hemp and…
Our schizophrenic Legislature is taking local control away from CAFO permitting and other zoning issues, but it is expanding local control over salaries for public…
Senator John Wiik takes a moment to claim that his Senate Bill 54, the plastic-ban ban, will save us from coronavirus: Governor Noem held a…