Holy cow! Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) beats Governor Dennis Daugaard and the Democrats to the punch and puts the first real teacher pay bill of the…
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The South Dakota Legislature is considering a petition reform that could completely eliminate the petitioning process for candidates with money. Senate Bill 95, served up hot…
The Democratic plan to raise South Dakota teacher pay is superior to Governor Dennis Daugaard’s plan for three main reasons: The Democratic plan raises teacher pay…
Who’s keeping the books at scandal-plagued Mid-Central Educational Cooperative? Not Stephanie Hubers. Appointed October 8 as interim business manager, Hubers announced Sunday that she has resigned…
A cranky minority of legislators hate bicyclists. We saw an outbreak of two-wheeler-whacking during last year’s successful effort to write into law the passing berth motorists must give bicyclists. Now…
And now for a real moral battle in the South Dakota Legislature: Senator Arthur Rusch (R-17/Vermillion) has filed Senate Bill 94, his promised death penalty repeal. As a…
Here’s a bill I’ll say yes to right now: Senate Bill 90 is a simple little proposal from Senator Ried Holien (R-5/Watertown) that adds one sentence to…
KOTA-TV reported earlier this month that the South Dakota Municipal League wants to join the lawsuit (case #46CIV15-000094) brought by the City of Sturgis and local…
Rep. John Wiik (R-4/Big Stone City) shows us how not to write a weekly legislative update. His latest blog post tells his constituents almost nothing substantive…