The Republican Legislature has moved from sniping at the edges of our initiative power to firing cannons right at the heart of our right to…
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Jeopardy Answer: Respect voters, balance the federal budget, and speak with moral consistency. Jeopardy Question: What are four things Republicans can’t do? Oh, oops! Now I’m…
Two years after the Legislature took away an option that cushioned school revenues from a sudden loss of students, a few hardy legislators want to…
I get where Senator Deb Soholt is coming from in proposing Senate Bill 105. But I can’t accept her intrusion on the Fourth Amendment. The…
Victimless Crime Amendment Also Blocks Prosecution of Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Theft, Terrorist Plots… With five working days left during which legislators and committees can…
A year and a day ago, Senator John Thune, Senator Mike Rounds, and Representative Kristi Noem all said they looked forward to working with the…
Rep. Tom Brunner (R-29/Nisland) has two measures to reduce local governments’ obligation to spend money on newspaper notices. His House Bill 1142 uses a potentially…
In a move sure to get the newspaper association’s hackles up, Rep. Tom Brunner (R-29/Nisland) has filed a bill to allow some local governments to…
Quick no: House Bill 1144, promoting more secrecy in government! Rep. Tim Johns (R-30/Lead) and Sen. Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) seem to think our city councils,…
The Legislature hasn’t come up with the money to sustain the 2016 Blue Ribbon plan to raise South Dakota’s teacher pay from the bottom to…