In another bit of remarkable good news from Pierre, the Senate yesterday listened to people who care about higher education and killed House Bill 1199,…
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“In the spirit of being as transparent as possible on this matter,” Speaker G. Mark Mickelson today released the silent House chamber security video that…
Whoo-hoo! Patrick Lalley still thinks I’m worth having on the air! In today’s blogging on the radio (our fifteen-minute segment starts at 35:00), Lalley and I…
Roxanne Weber of Pierre declares herself a Republican and challenges incumbents Mary Duvall and Tim Rounds for their House seats. Or does she? Consider what…
South Dakota has a stealth voucher program, allowing fatcat insurers and anti-public-school legislators to skirt the Establishment Clause and launder public dollars to subsidize religious schools.…
The bicameral system proved its worth yesterday, as House State Affairs killed a goofy Second Amendment wedge measure that mostly coasted through the Senate. Senator…
Judge turned Democratic candidate for U.S. House Tim Bjorkman wants to talk gun policy. Noting that gun violence since 1970 has killed more Americans than…
About a half hour into this afternoon’s House session, Representatives Elizabeth May and Dan Kaiser moved to disband the Select Committee that they moved to…
Among the bills crushed in Capitol crossover last week was House Bill 1309, Rep. Elizabeth May’s crafty plan to subject the $1.11 billion we give up…
While legislation (SB 58) amending our tax increment finance laws languishes in the House, Governor Dennis Daugaard will be zooming out Tuesday to celebrate South…