I must still be a conservative: most of the time, I end up measuring the success of the South Dakota Legislature by what they don’t do…
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Another corrupt Republican bites the dust: The former state’s attorney for Bennett County has been charged in U.S. District Court with evading business taxes and…
Representative Larry Rhoden’s criminal political stunt Monday—hitting the panic button in a Capitol committee hearing room just to see how long it would take the…
A key part protecting voters and progressive values from corruption in Pierre (not to mention fascism in the White House) is ballot initiatives. Our Republican…
Betsy DeVos is such a bad choice for Secretary of Education that even Aberdeen Catholic Schools president Jeff Simmons is concerned: Roncalli school district President Jeff…
On November 4, in our only one-on-one public debate during our campaign for District 3 Senate, Al Novstrup bragged about spending less on his campaign than…
I’ve expressed my tepid “better-than-nothing” support for two Republican bills today. Now let’s turn to a Republican bill that needs to be killed: House Bill 1130,…
Senator R. Blake Curd did something nice this week. The Republican Majority Leader had the opportunity to appoint a replacement for fellow Republican Drew Duncan on…
No one hit the panic button on House Bill 1073 yesterday, House State Affairs approved HB 1073 unanimously with amendments. HB 1073 is one of…