The Republican Legislature likes playing culture war because it keeps them from having to address really hard issues that don’t mobilize the voter base, like…
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Hey, this is new to me! Senate State Affairs has proposed Senate Bill 186, a measure that amends not only state law but administrative rules…
You’ve seen my brief stab at explaining the ills of Senate Bill 157, Governor Kristi Noem’s factory feedlot “streamlining” bill. Now let’s hear from a…
Hey, there’s another sneaky anti-protest bill in the hopper, one possibly far worse that Governor Kristi Noem’s much ballyhooed and hallway-booed riot-boosting bill. One of…
The House yesterday voted down Senate Bill 54, the plastic ban ban. Representative Kelly Sullivan (D-13/Sioux Falls) rose to point out that SB 54 is…
House Bill 1117, Governor Kristi Noem’s attempt to rewrite the unconstitutional anti-protest/pro-pipeline “riot-boosting” bill that she rushed through the Legislature last year, passed House State…
Senate Bill 180, Senator Jim Stalzer’s retread of Representative Jon Hansen’s circulator registry and badges, was supposed to get a hearing in Senate Local Government…
Lobbyists or socialists must have gotten to Brock Greenfield. On Tuesday, the Clark Senator quietly withdrew Senate Bill 108, his (actually Frank Kloucek’s, but who’s…
Brookings is trying to counter the bad press our yahoo Legislature and milquetoast Governor* are bringing to our state. On Tuesday, the Brookings City Council,…
Senator Art Rusch (R-17/Vermillion) is another Republican trying to raise taxes. He proposed Senate Bill 85 in another attempt to make electric vehicle owners pay…