Medical procedures and off-road vehicles both have inherent risks. Medical procedures have all sorts of safeguards, including, most importantly, medical professionals who apply years of…
Category: South Dakota
HB 1093 Proposes $100M Annual Cleanup Fee on Oil Pipelines; Two Republican Tribal Reps Don’t Sign On
With the South Dakota Water Management Board’s approval last week of TransCanada/TC Energy’s applications to use lots of water to build the Keystone XL pipeline,…
Pick your headline: Legislators Try Again to Offer Counties Additional Revenue Stream “No New Taxes” RINOs Join Socialists in Supporting New County Tax Bipartisan Coalition…
Is there something about Daylight Saving Time that is particularly hard on the elder stateswomen of the South Dakota Legislature? Betty Olson tried mightily four…
In real problem-solving, the Appropriations Committee offers Senate Bill 72, which would establish a much-needed need-based scholarship for South Dakota’s college students. The Dakota Promise…
On returning from a Thanksgiving holiday in New York City, gubernatorial policy analyst Kennedy Noem mused vaguely on “family, delicious food, new opportunities, and (now…
by Nancy Johnson Wirsing This article responds to a three-part series of articles in the Gregory Times Advocate by South Dakota News Watch reporter Bart…
South Dakota has a “sore loser” law, SDCL 12-7-5, and an absurdly early independent petition deadline (this year: April 28!) before the primary, that prevent…
In honor of Editor Heidelberger’s big win against HB 1094’s registry for petition circulators, here is an idea for a bill the South Dakota Legislature…