When rookie Senator John Carley (R-29/Piedmont) filed his Senate Bill 58, I called his plan to eliminate property taxes without any suggestion of how to…
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Quack-medicine advocate rookie Rep.Bobbi Andera (R-10/Sioux Falls) claims South Dakotans need “more access options” for the medications of their choosing. But she wants to deny…
In minor and probably unintended atonement for his support for Donald Trump, Representative Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) proposes undoing a Legislative favor to pedophiles. Under South…
Representative Kadyn Wittman (D-15/Sioux Falls) again tries to get South Dakota to broaden its professed love for children beyond embryos and help feed hungry kids.…
I hate the security state. Governor Larry Rhoden is proposing two bills that will make it impossible for citizens to determine if legislators actually reside…
Senator Jim Mehlhaff (R-24/Pierre) follows through on a proposal he made last fall and files Senate Bill 99, which would replace property taxes levied by…
If it’s January, you can bet legislators are in Pierre playing doctor… Rookie Representative Bobbi Andera (R-10/Sioux Falls) wants to waste more Legislative time rehashing…
Rep. John Sjaarda (R-2/Valley Springs) wants to ban test-tube meat for ten years. Rep. Julie Auch (R-18/Yankton) wants to treat cell-cultured protein like shit. Rep.…
The Republican war on initiative and referendum kicks off this Session with House Bill 1087, in which rookie Representative Travis Ismay (R-28B/Vale) invites yet another…
As expected, Governor Larry Rhoden is punting property tax relief to the counties. Instead of building on the numerous proposals the Legislature’s interim task force…