When he addressed the Legislature on opening day of the 2026 Session, Governor Larry Rhoden vowed to work with legislators and Attorney General Marty Jackley…
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Rookie Representative Nicole Uhre-Balk (D-32/Rapid City) demonstrates efficient lawmaking by changing one word to make a ceiling-to-floor change in K-12 education funding. Rep. Uhre-Balk’s House…
In a brief eruption of civic and environmental responsibility, Representative Tim Goodwin (R-30/Rapid City) yesterday filed House Bill 1159, calling for a two-year moratorium on…
Representative Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) just handed anyone who wants to run against him an easy campaign issue: Al is “working” in Pierre to raise his…
Dang—is the Legislature suffering from a fit of good Dakota Free Press sense? Governor Larry Rhoden proposed two bills, House Bill 1083 and House Bill…
The House saved South Dakota from another costly courtroom defeat yesterday, voting 28–38 to kill House Bill 1087, Rep. Travis Ismay’s (R-28B/Vale) patently unconstitutional proposal…
In his address to the Legislature two weeks ago, Governor Larry Rhoden told legislators he “would love it if” House Bill 1044, the Rural Health…
Governor Larry Rhoden has asked the South Dakota Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion on a dispute that broke out in the Senate last…
Senator M. (for mum’s the word?) Michael Rounds has not said much about the federal government’s murder and slander of another innocent American in Minneapolis…
When citizens put constitutional amendments on the ballot, Representative Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) gets all worried that voters will destroy rural residents’ rights. But now when…