…Upon One-Fifths Request! The Legislature appears to be adopting a rule to rein in hoghouse amendments. On Tuesday, the Joint Legislative Procedure Committee voted 13–1…
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Speaker G. Mark Mickelson and his new big-money friends from California get their special treatment: we vote on the Marsy’s Law fix at our June…
Knock another campaign issue off Kristi Noem’s list… kinda, sorta. Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakotans committed fewer violent crimes in 2017: “The crime…
Senate Bill 125, Government Operations and Audit Committee chair Deb Peters’s effort to “clarify” her committee’s subpoena power, hit a bump in the Senate yesterday.…
On a day when the press is filled with news about a porn star suing Donald Trump over his effort to pay her to keep…
Speaking of openness, Senator John Wiik (R-4/Big Stone City) seems to think he can close up his Legislative interactions with the public at the end…
Two weeks ago, Republican gubernatorial candidate Marty Jackley released his “Hometown South Dakota Initiative,” a gussied-up endorsement of South Dakota’s economic development status quo. Now…
The Legislature’s passage of bills raising and indexing legislator pay starting next year prompted one of my Twitter friends to wag, “So collective bargaining does…
Somehow I manage not to get kicked off the radio. Patrick Lalley invited me on his KSOO program yesterday for another conversation about the South…
South Dakota democracy gets a bad review from a visitor from Venezuela. Bo Sistak, Democratic candidate for District 35 House, notices this letter to the…