We don’t have to wait for G. Mark Mickelson and his new out-of-state friends to clarify the crime victims amendment. On Valentine’s Day, the South…
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The House passed HB 1184, the CAFO poopline bill, Tuesday on a 45–20 vote. True to his word, my Representative Drew Dennert reversed his mistaken…
In his overblown Republic-Not-A-Democracy™ testimony to House State Affairs for House Bill 1275 yesterday, Representative Steven Haugaard defended his unworkable Senate-district quota for ballot question…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson has dedicated great effort to this Legislative Session telling us that the influence of out-of-state interests on South Dakota ballot questions…
Out-of-State Money Cap Narrowly Passes on Second Vote A funny thing happened Tuesday to Rep. Spencer Gosch’s House Bill 1216, his recycled cap on out-of-state…
I’ll never have to make the choice to continue or end a pregnancy. I don’t work for Planned Parenthood. But I recognize that Senator Al Novstrup’s Senate…
I’ve heard a lot of talk from legislators at the Aberdeen crackerbarrels about the need to find funding to subsidize wages at nursing homes and…
Rep. Sue Peterson (R-13/Sioux Falls) failed Monday to get the House to force every school district to allow homeschoolers to participate in high school extracurriculars…
Some legislators fight for the poor, the sick, and the downtrodden. Representative Tom Pischke fights for deadbeat dads and vanity license plate buyers. The Dell…
In 2016, Secretary of State Shantel Krebs was able to plow through eight ballot question petitions by February 4. This year, Secretary Krebs has finished reviewing…