When the Legislature’s Executive Board drafted its plan to raise legislator pay and peg it to one fifth of median household income, we estimated that…
Category: South Dakota
Speaking of intraparty opposition, Ann Tornberg faces a challenger in her bid to remain boss of the South Dakota Democratic Party. John Cunningham of Sioux…
Happy inauguration, says Senator Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) as he rounds up the Republican wing of the South Dakota Republican Party to blast Governor Kristi Noem’s…
When even the Democrat-on-Democrat violence of the Pourier/Foster residency fake-fracas inspires zero chortling from the SDGOP spin machine (which is too busy converting its pants…
As I read Margaret Ross’s hearsay allegations about the residency of Senator-Elect Red Dawn Foster and Representative-Elect Peri Pourier, I wondered why she didn’t bring…
Sen. Jensen Plans to Formally Challenge Foster; Leader Langer Says Foster Qualifies to Serve The Foster/Pourier residency challenge takes three new twists this weekend. First,…
The State Board of Finance sets South Dakota’s state per diem rates and lodging rates and handles requests for work-related moving and hosting expenses. It…
In October, Kristi Noem said she’ll work about as hard as Governor as she did in Congress and live in Pierre only part-time: Republican nominee…