Who needs Saturday Night Live? The floor debate leading up to the Senate’s 27–8 vote to repeal Initiated Measure 22 with the doubly unconstitutional (multi-subject, bogus emergency clause) House…
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Plus: Jackley’s Post-Plea Press Conference! Joop Bollen pled guilty this morning to one of five felony charges of mishandling funds related to his administration of South…
Like Senator John Thune, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie isn’t a total Trump patsy. In an unexpected news conference yesterday, Governor Christie said that while…
Don’t let the excitement over the Senate’s second swing at repealing IM 22 distract you from morning committee action! This morning at 10 a.m., Senate…
On the bright side, losing the Senate race means I have time to teach and judge debate. For Scott Parsley, losing his Senate race means…
Yesterday I noted the strange rejection of House Bill 1032, a mostly innocuous update to the state’s child support calculation table, a clarification of the state’s minimum…
22 months ago, Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions grilled Sally Quillian Yates, President Barack Hussein Obama’s nominee for deputy attorney general. Senator Sessions exhorted nominee Yates…
I love a good debate with Senator Jim Bolin. But I can’t fight him on Senate Bill 85, his effort to provide parents and students with…
Governing notices the South Dakota Legislature’s attack on people power (see all the bills here), particularly the effort to repeal Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, with…
The latest expression of the South Dakota Legislature’s preference of fear and bigotry over data gets a committee hearing this morning. Senate Bill 115, the recycled anti-transgender potty bill,…