While Governor Kristi Noem is still waiting for the next big thing to materialize (but fighting the next big thing for farmers, industrial hemp), the…
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The proposal to refer Medicaid expansion to a popular vote in 2020 is just one of six ballot measures the Legislature will consider this week.…
Among all the patriotic trappings (emphasis on trap) surrounding the commissioning this month of a nuclear submarine named for a state with neither seacoasts nor nuclear…
KOTA-TV reports the Governor Kristi Noem met with TransCanada officials to discuss “an agreement regarding the Keystone XL pipeline.” The Canadian pipeliner already has the…
John Kennedy Claussen, Sr., formally announced his candidacy for South Dakota Democratic Party chair this week. The Sioux Falls Democrat distinguished himself at the Democratic…
Senate Bill 86, Senator Jeff Partridge’s (R-34/Rapid City) effort to undo his famous 2016 sales tax give-back amendment, got out of the Senate this week,…
Amazon has pulled out of its plan to build a headquarters in New York City (or has it?) after negotiations with state and local governments…
If Trump doesn’t declare martial law, the South Dakota Legislature will be busy next week clearing all bills and resolutions from first committees. Every bill…
The Russians helped stoke the right-wing conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama would declare martial law and trample on gun rights. But now it’s Donald…
It turns out we don’t need Representative Jon Hansen’s House Bill 1094 to create a petition circulator registry. We already have one. On Wednesday, Secretary…