The yahoos are at it again in Pierre. Rep. Scott Craig—a Christian pastor who should know better than to be inhospitable to strangers—is leading Aberdeen’s Novstrups and several other…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Kelly Duncan, Stacy Phelps, thanks for the idea! The Democratic caucus in Pierre is willing to learn from the corruption exposed in the Mid-Central/GEAR UP scandal.…
The Legislative hopper is getting cluttered with carcasses, empty shells thrown into the hopper while we wait for sponsors to figure out the details of what they…
House Health and Human Services wisely killed House Bill 1076, the unconstitutional DiSanto/Olson proposal to drug test all welfare recipients. GOP mouthpiece Pat Powers offers a good…
Those sneaky payday lenders! I spend a day incommunicado on another project, and they get their flunkies to file their challenge to Initiated Measure 21, the…
Senator Ried Holien (R-5/Watertown) is interested in reforming the petition process for ballot measures. Senate Bill 91 would add some information to the form that petition circulators are supposed…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs reminds campaigners of all stripes that their year-end campaign finance reports are due in her hands by Monday, February 1. Hop…
I would not wear Annette Bosworth’s Che Guevara shirt, but I would wear the shirt that Congresswoman Kristi Noem got from her sister for Christmas: I’d…
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…
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…