Count on Bob Mercer to roam the halls of the Capitol and sniff out the nasty politics behind the House State Affairs Committee’s unconscionable charade…
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Senate Education tried to redeem the Legislature; Senator Brock Greenfield has sullied it. Last week, Senate Education killed the two bills that targeted South Dakota’s…
As I noted this morning, House Appropriations needed this morning to move Senate Bill 53, the annual Cutler-Gabriel adjustment to property tax levies and the…
Hey, Dems! Are you going to Brookings this weekend? An Irish meal with beer and wine (isn’t that redundant?); Democratic legislators Hawley, Parsley, and Peterson;…
Republican Senator Dan Lederman tried to expand video lottery again, and this time, to their credit, his fellow Senators turned him down. Two weeks ago,…
The 2% increase in K-12 funding is up for a vote in House Appropriations this morning. Senate Bill 53 would increase the per-student allocation from…
Today is the last day for committees to deliver bills to the House and Senate in Pierre. Among the bills that must do or die…
My friend Scott D. Meyer is running for Brookings City Council. His ideas about community development offer a welcome challenge to the conventional South Dakota…
Hat tip to Larry Kurtz! Just the day before House State Affairs o.k.’ed the petition reform package that makes it harder for candidates to get…
Accused of undermining the will of the electorate by proposing a bill to alter the minimum wage passed by South Dakota voters last November, Senator…