While we slept, Rep. Kristi Noem voted to reject the Senate’s deficit-boosting two-year spending plan and shut the government down again. So did 66 Republicans…
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The South Dakota Republican Party has a Trump problem. They have Neal Tapio, a rich outsider, trying to take the Trump route to fame and…
Neel Kashkari, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, held a public forum in Pierre this morning. Among the questions he fielded was a…
Senate Education surprised me this morning and killed Senate Bill 103, Senator Stace Nelson’s proposal to turn the Board of Regents and vo-tech schools into…
According to Charles Gaba of ACASignups.net, South Dakota is one of sixteen states where more Americans signed up for Affordable Care Act Exchange health insurance…
The Secretary of State has reversed an interpretation of campaign finance law to align with an interpretation I offered in 2016. When I ran for…
One of Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s meaner ideas passed the House this afternoon, though not without some Republicans telling the Speaker he’s going too far…
Senate State Affairs heard a couple of bills of interest to campaign financiers and watchdogs this morning. Senate Bill 128 proposes to restore the ability to…
During today’s Senate State Affairs hearing on Senate Bill 129, Senator Al Novstrup asked about the use of the term “entity” in the campaign finance…
Last night I noticed that Joint Rule 5-11.1 appears to prevent reconsideration of failed concurrent resolutions. Lieutenant Governor and Senate President Matt Michels says that…