Just when we think the Legislature has come to its senses, it proves us wrong. After voting last week 30–33 to throw away Senate Bill…
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Gregory-area rancher Nancy Johnson Wirsing wrote last month about the apparent journalistic tilt toward pro-CAFO corporate propaganda. This month she writes about the hazards of…
As your next Governor, I vow to repeal the school sentinel program and make it illegal for anyone other than a uniformed law enforcement officer…
I want to write about Representative Kelly Sullivan’s (D-13/Sioux Falls) body-piercing bill, but alas! House Bill 1289 so far has no body to pierce. It…
Representative Caleb Finck (R-21/Tripp) proposes House Bill 1284, which would do two things the Legislature is loath to do: repeal sales tax exemptions and give…
House Education takes up a problematic bill from Representative Doug Post (R-7/Volga). House Bill 1177 would move school board elections from taking place each year during…
This week’s social-conservative self-gratification comes Wednesday morning, when Representative Isaac Latterell (R-6/Tea) comes before House State Affairs with House Bill 1277, his proposal to regulate…
The Bureau of Finance and Management offered what passes for optimism in Pierre last week, as it projected that the Legislature will have $19 million…
If you’re trying to figure out where South Dakota Republicans really stand on taxes, don’t read their lips; read their bills. Representative Roger Chase (R-22/Huron)…