Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) finally gets an idea—and, predictably, it’s a tax increase. But by no means is Senator Novstrup undermining Governor Kristi Noem’s promise…
Category: South Dakota
On January 10, I published a letter from convicted murderer Shane Bell describing the beginning of a typical day in the Jameson Annex of South…
When Lee Schonebeck talks, people should listen…. It only took Representative Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls) two weeks at the Speaker’s podium to get himself sued,…
I really don’t like having to say that Don Haggar and Jeff Monroe were right. But these two extremist anarcho-capitalists were right to warn us…
Count on Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark) to bring fireworks to the Legislature. This year, our resident pyrotechnophiliac brings us Senate Bill 56, which does a…
Evidently the Pony Express isn’t fast enough for special county commission meetings anymore. District 28B Representative Sam Marty, who lives a fair walk from civilization…
South Dakota has a number of statutes prohibiting “unfair trade practices” in the insurance industry. Among them is SDCL 58-33-74, which limits the value of…
In the solutions-seeking-a-problem department, Senator Craig Kennedy (D-18/Yankton) offers the true conservative reason to vote against Senate Bill 49, Senator Jim Bolin’s resurrection of the…
Representative Kyle Schoenfish (R-19/Scotland) doesn’t have much to say, but at least he says something. Two weeks into the Legislative Session, I haven’t seen a…