While chairing House State Affairs this morning, Representative Larry Rhoden (R-29/Union Center) hit the literal panic button. In the midst of debate on House Bill…
Category: South Dakota
SB 141 Lowers Burdens on Poor Parents, Increases Child Support Obligations Less Than Cost of Living…
…and Other Number Crunching! Senate Bill 141, the update of South Dakota child support laws delayed last month by misguided anti-child-support activists, comes before Senate Judiciary tomorrow (Tuesday)…
At last week’s press conference following the guilty plea of the state’s former EB-5 czar Joop Bollen, I asked Attorney General Marty Jackley if the state…
Will House Education pass science this morning, or will they pass Senate Bill 55? Senator Jeff Monroe is trying for the fourth year in a row…
If you like Hilger’s Gulch and brevity, you’ll love Senate Bill 154. Senator Jason Frerichs (D-1/Wilmot) offers this simple one-line bill: The Department of Transportation shall utilize…
In trivia from yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel… Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark) compared his anti-refugee bill to his mom’s anti-nuclear waste bill, saying both are simply measures to…
When pressed on the repeal of Initiated Measure 22 at Aberdeen’s crackerbarrel yesterday, our District 2 and 3 legislators often resorted to painting the protestors against repeal vehicle…
The single truest statement of today’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel came from Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark): Every time someone’s made a comment today that’s anti-Legislature, it’s been…
Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen), who campaigned four months ago as an opponent of liberal tax increases, has proposed a liberal tax increase. Senate Bill 169…
On my front step this morning: We’ll honor you voters, say our Republican legislators, after overturning a law we voted on and approved less than three…