I guess no one wants to fight for abortion rights in South Dakota, or even for the right to talk about abortion rights. The State…
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The Senate yesterday approved House Bill 1082, and the Lieutenant Governor didn’t have to break a tie. In her fourth year of fighting to fund…
We appear to be escaping this Legislative Session without any major whacks to initiative and referendum. But the Senate last week gave final approval to…
I was thinking Republicans would string us along on House Bill 1082, the proposal to pick up the remaining tab for reduced-price school breakfasts and…
Joshua Haiar considers the possibility that Kristi Noem might come slinking back to South Dakota looking for a job and smartly notes that one job…
Governor Larry Rhoden has admitted that his wimpy buck-passing proposal, Senate Bill 96, to let counties impose a half-penny sales tax to lower property taxes…
House Bill 1082, Representative Kadyn Wittman’s (D-15/Sioux Falls) hard-fought campaign to make school meals free for kids who already qualify for the reduced price, still…
Senator Liz Larson (D-10/Sioux Falls) leads the Democratic minority in the South Dakota Senate. Last week, Senate Bill 213 — a proposal to expand out-of-school…
Speaking of Republican-on-Republican rhetorical violence and the Noem family’s general scuzziness, the Republican crony-consultants at A1 Development Solutions are suing Kristi Noem’s son-in-law for cheating…
The Senate’s defeat of House Joint Resolution 5001 yesterday whittled down the possible ballot measures the 2026 Legislature will put on the general election ballot…