The Republican war of attrition on your right to petition continues. Instead of duking it out in conference committee, House Republicans yesterday said fine, whatever, to…
Category: South Dakota
Among the bad bills that the Legislature has had the good sense to kill is House Bill 1172, Representative Kevin Jensen’s (R-16/Canton) effort to play…
Senator Mike Rounds says the greatest sign of a man’s love for his family is to pay off the porn stars with whom he’s committing…
Governor Kristi Noem is showing us that her commitment to transparency and openness is far thinner than tar sands oil. The public got its one…
The Senate voted 21–14 yesterday for House Bill 1191, the main hemp legalization bill in Pierre. Normally that would mean the bill is headed for…
I just noticed this morning that the Secretary of State’s campaign finance reporting website has an option allowing curious citizens to search 2018 filings by…
In complete violation of her professed love of transparency, Governor Kristi Noem waits for more than a month after the deadline for submitting new bills…
The Senate yesterday passed an amended version of House Bill 1094, the latest monkey wrench Republicans want to throw in to the initiative and referendum…
At Saturday’s crackerbarrel, Sister Kathleen Bierne asked Representative Drew Dennert to use his influence to push the food tax cut that he helped Democrats hijack…