This weekend’s Constitutional cluelessness and subtle bigotry comes from Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen). At Saturday’s crackerbarrel, Aberdeen resident Abby McQuillen expressed concern that House Bill…
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The pro-corporate Farm Bureau reports that the Trump era has brought the highest yearly increase in Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies since the Great Recession:…
South Dakota News Watch has a story about concerns that the Legislative Research Council’s new electronic bill management system “has made the legislative process less…
Representative Lee Qualm is confused. The Republican Majority Leader from Platte tells the press that he’s disappointed that social issues dominate the South Dakota Legislature:…
The very sensible, pro-people-power Senate Bill 112 goes to Senate State Affairs Monday at 10 a.m. in Capitol Room 414. The bill would strike SDCL…
Think about your local school district. Can you think of any good programs, classroom or extracurricular, that your school has had to scale back or…
A crew of anti-education Mugwumps wants to help Governor Kristi Noem eliminate government bloat by shrinking the Board of Regents. House Bill 1251, brought by…
Two really funny things happened yesterday with regards to the South Dakota Republican Party’s effort to restrict your initiative and referendum rights. First, the Attorney…
Governor Kristi Noem’s two appointments to the state Board of Education Standards represent two pillars of the South Dakota Republican Party’s approach to government: cronyism…
Senator Marion Michael Rounds thinks the day after voting to ignore Donald Trump’s lying and lawbreaking (not to mention Reagan’s birthday!) is the perfect time…