Senator Corey Brown (R-23/Gettysburg) wants to spend $100,000 of your tax dollars on a submarine. Senate Bill 114 seeks $100,000 to support the commissioning of the U.S. Navy’s next fast-attack…
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Does the Legislature just not trust county governments? Yesterday Senate State Affairs killed Senate Bill 105, a measure that would have given counties a remarkably limited taxation…
Amidst all the heavy-breathing conservative legislation fussing over kids’ genitals and objectionable sex (seriously: HB 1107 is not about religious freedom; it’s about sex), there is one…
Not every bill before the South Dakota Legislature is a steaming pile of culture-war crapola. House Bill 1220 is a useful and timely bit of lawmaking responding…
In other news… I’m running for the District 3 State Senate seat. From my campaign Issues page… I’m running for South Dakota Senate because I love…
To prepare for my speech this noon to the Brown County Democratic Forum (come listen! come ask questions! come eat mashed potatoes!), I put together my Ballot…
You tell me: is it good news or bad news that Ellsworth Air Force Base had eight sexual assault convictions over the last five years, the…
Rep. Lee Schoenbeck has a really good idea, one that the Legislature needs to apply to itself right now. Our favorite Watertown Republican is pushing House Bill…
We know which Republicans are doing the Koch Brothers’ bidding. Rep. Don Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) and Senator Ried Holien (R-5/Watertown) are sponsoring House Bill 1234, which…
On Wednesday, I challenged Lisa Furlong’s (or should we just call it Rod Aycox’s now, since his Georgia-based company provided all of the $1.7 million necessary to…