Who’s the only South Dakota political party that grew in July? The Libertarians! Party Change July 5 to August 1 GOP -0.29% Dem -0.49% NPA/Ind…
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My old home folks in Lake County are up to some democracy. My friend Steven Kant is helping circulate a petition to refer Lake County’s newly…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson wants to raise taxes on tobacco to subsidize vo-tech tuition. His proposed initiative foresees up to $20 million in new vo-tech revenue…
Stephanie Woodard reports that South Dakota’s Help America Vote Act Grant Board has approved the release of federal funding for satellite early voting centers in six…
Congressional leaders moved yesterday to work bipartisanly and protect the “cost sharing reduction” (CSR) payments that help lower-income policyholders (between 100% and 250% of the…
The Sioux Falls School District has created a new administrative position—”Director of Research, Innovation & Accountability“—to save money and filled it with freshly resigned school…
With the release yesterday of his explanation of Speaker Mickelson’s unconstitutional ban on out-of-state ballot question campaign contributions, the Attorney General has now cranked out…
Attorney General Marty Jackley released his explanation yesterday of Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s proposed ballot initiative to ban contributions to ballot question committees from people,…
And hey, remind me, why might the recreational marijuana amendment not legalize marijuana in South Dakota? Let’s review Section 2 of the initiative: Section 2. Notwithstanding…
That Sioux Falls paper picks up the story we discussed here back on July 1, that sponsors’ incautious editing may have limited the scope of…