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…
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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,…
Senator John Thune says Trump screwed up, a little, with his executive order on immigration: “The way in which this particular executive order was rolled out has…
Dang it! I clear my calendar for the week starting February 7, and what do I get? This media advisory from the Attorney General’s office:…
The Commission on Child Support proposed House Bill 1032 as its regular, federally expected update of child support guidelines. The commission meets every four years; proponents…
…and Other HB 1069 Notes The Legislature’s effort to overturn the will of the people and repeal the Anti-Corruption Act is largely an expression of Republican…
An eager reader notes that tribes in North Dakota face conflict over Il Duce’s fossil-fuel impulses. In one corner, we have Standing Rock Sioux tribal…
If there are folks in Lawrence County who like the idea of the state acquiring more land in the heart of Spearfish Canyon and turning…
The place to register new South Dakota voters this weekend is Quartzsite, Arizona, between Phoenix and Palm Springs: A traveling reading reports thousands and thousands…