And so it came to pass In the latter days of Babylon That Fred Deutsch, cracker of backs, giver of laws, Lamented the wickedness he…
Category: South Dakota
In recent Legislative Sessions, we’ve added intention exposure to HIV, and first- and second-degree human trafficking to our list of sex crimes. HIV infectors and…
Pat Powers and I agree: the Legislative Research Council’s reformatting of bills on the LRC website is clunky and hard to read. Pat’s critique reads…
The Secretary of State has offered a handful of bills of keen interest to election nerds. Discussed by the Board of Elections last summer, none…
In proof that not everyone in power in South Dakota is full of horsehockey and hate, both the Sioux Falls City Council and the Minnehaha…
I’m not sure KSFY’s transcript is complete, but in her State of the State speech yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem appears not to have mentioned civics…
As the state Water Management Board heads toward a final decision on the water permits TransCanada/TC Energy needs to service its man camps and Keystone…
KELO-TV says Governor Kristi Noem wants to (KELO’s words) “wrap up industrial hemp legislation within a few days.” The Legislature rarely does anything in the…
“Aggressive” is a vague term used by cheerleaders and by country bumpkins who’ve watched too many farm-implement commercials. Governor Kristi Noem promises to deliver an…
In other ballot question budgetary news, Marsy’s Law is costing us another $65,000. In its budget overview yesterday, the Bureau of Finance and Management told…