Governor Kristi Noem vetoed three bills on the last day of Session (bringing her veto total for 2023 to four so far). But she hasn’t…
Category: South Dakota
Sometimes the Legislature won’t even spend other people’s money. Senate Bill 156, Senator Helene Duhamel’s (R-32/Rapid City) proposal to spend $100 million in ARPA Biden…
House Bill 1193 would amend the arcane provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, a set of laws that all states agreed to adopt in the…
Legislators and their pals are congratulating themselves on a purported return to civility during the 2023 Session: Tim Rave is a health care lobbyist who…
Governor Kristi Noem can make sure Rick Weiland has until May 2024 to collect signatures to place the food-tax repeal on the 2024 ballot by…
When Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts couldn’t get the Nebraska Legislature to pass a voter ID bill, he went stumping around the state in 2022 to promote…
Mato Wayuhi is the Oglala Lakota superstar musician who scores the watchworthy Reservation Dogs. He’ll return from L.A. to Sioux Falls week after next to judge South Dakota’s…
Pennington County state’s attorney Mark Vargo earned himself a brief but useful tenure in the Attorney General’s office by successfully prosecuting his predecessor, killer and pretty poor…
Mother Jones has gotten hold of a batch of emails between potty-panicked Representative Fred Deutsch and a national network of anti-trans activists and organizations who…