Representative Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) has made opposition to out-of-state influence on South Dakota politics a hallmark of his second full term in the Legislature.…
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Senator Ryan Maher’s plan to consolidate administration at Black Hills State University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is online! The Legislative…
If you read the blog regularly, you’ll understand if I am keenly attentive to any measure that affects the ability of citizens to use petitions…
The Legislative Research Council is catching heck from all sides over the user-unfriendly features of its website updates. But true to LRC director Jason Hancock’s…
Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) rushes to fill the gap left by our lazy Attorney General on tobacco enforcement. Rep. Perry brings House Bill 1063 to…
Mayor Schaunaman is not going to be happy: some Republican legislators are actually trying to crack down on drone snooping! Representative David Johnson (R-33/Rapid City)…
Straws and Dixie cups. Moms are dying in childbirth, kids are leaving for better jobs, and we’re all on meth, but some legislators are fighting…
Gregory County cartoonist Jo Johnson is not unfamiliar with the smell of cow poop. She rents pasture for cattle and crops—pasture, where cattle have room…
If you think I like to poke the bear, check in with Senator Ryan Maher (R-28/Isabel), who plans to propose a bill to consolidate administration…
I’m just trying to be helpful…. Governor Kristi Noem tried suppressing protest against her foreign Big Oil pals‘ Keystone XL pipeline and got beat in…