Forget arming the teachers; why not just arm the kids? The South Dakota Legislature seems to think any child of any age may be responsible…
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The Legislature has decided that its 2017 Special Session resolution of the nonmeandered waters issue is good enough for the foreseeable future. Of the eight bills…
Yesterday wasn’t all good for ballot measures in the Legislature. The Senate barely passed House Bill 1177, Rep. Drew Dennert’s part in the Republican push…
Advocates of ballot questions and free speech can thank Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) for bumbling his way into killing House Bill 1282, another attack on…
In more good news for ballot question fans, House Bill 1005 passed the Senate yesterday. HB 1005 passed in much better form than it appeared in…
Ballot question committees enjoyed some small victories yesterday in Pierre. First, ballot question committees have won the right to immortality. Senate Bill 128 repeals the burdensome…
Marty Jackley tooty-toot-toots “the first television ad of the 2018 gubernatorial primary,” and naturally, the SDGOP press release blog rushes to post it. Conservative. Tested.…
Among the four bills currently on the conference committee list is House Bill 1268, a bill which passed both chambers pretty easily, but in differing…
Committees have more good than bad before them on this last day for regular committee work. As I review the morning agendae, I find just…
Today is the deadline for all Legislative committees to move bills to the House and Senate floors. Assuming a quorum made it back to Pierre…