Representative Tony Venhuizen (R-13/Sioux Falls) has the first constitutional amendment in the 2024 Legislative hopper. Venhuizen is trying again to put before the voters a…
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South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center poll 500 voters and find that, if we voted today, the initiated amendment to restore Roe v.…
The first great dilly-dally bill of the 2024 Session comes from Republican (of course) Representative Ben Krohmer (R-20/Mitchell), who wants to waste more Legislative time…
Dibs on #1 bill for the Senate goes to Senator Michael Rohl (R-1/Aberdeen), who strikes the hopper early to please the all-important Northerners among his…
It’s a week before Christmas, and already we have treats under the Session tree! The Legislative Research Council has opened up the 2024 Session website,…
Governor Kristi Noem’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposes adding just 5.7 new full-time equivalents to the 14,052.9 FTEs allocated to this year’s state payroll. To…
With Judge Roberto Lange’s approval, the South Dakota Department of Revenue has whipped up a new policy on vanity plates to settle the American Civil…
Dakotans for Health is circulating an initiative petition to codify Roe v. Wade, which Christofascist Representative Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) vociferously opposes. But Dakotans for Health…
The South Dakota Democratic Party’s new communications director, Krista Burns, is working to prove her bona fides to the party. My inbox has been simply…
The Watertown City Council made another brave stand for business über alles by rejecting the suggestion that the city limit contractors to certain hours to do…