The smartest thing said in committee testimony to defeat a dumb bill yesterday came from Secretary of State Steve Barnett against House Bill 1178, South…
Category: South Dakota
Governor Kristi Noem’s high school civics test mandate, House Bill 1066, took an interesting turn Tuesday. After House Education whittled Noem’s sloppy bill down to…
Democrats are apparently serious about hearing from their candidates for state party chair before electing them. After a forum attended by all six candidates in…
But wait! The ACLU and I were incorrectly cranky! While the Senate did table SCR 7, which would have authorized a summer study on alternatives…
Let’s connect some campaign finance dots and talk about the influence of out-of-state money in South Dakota politics. Back in November, Shining Light PAC, the…
Update 12:38 CST: Hold the phone… or change those calls to your legislators from cranky to grateful! Multiple Pierre denizens point out to me that…
As I said, there is no emergency at the border. Joining 244 other members of Congress this evening in voting against Donald Trump’s fake emergency declaration,…
The Legislature isn’t ready for electronic notary seals, but yesterday the House said it’s willing to consider remote natorization. Former judge, now Representative Tim Johns…
For the record, South Dakota Republicans remain determined to accomplish what Democrat Billie Sutton voted for at least twice: the complete repeal of Roe v. Wade…
Sometimes South Dakota Democrats can get a bill through the Senate. Economist and Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) saw “his” Senate Bill 116 pass the…