To excuse their repeal of Initiated Measure 22, Republican legislators have promised to respect the popular will by passing replacement measures to satisfy the voters’ stated…
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…and other historical notes! Senate Joint Resolution 2, Senator Jim Bolin’s proposal to make it harder for us to amend our state constitution, survived a bumpy…
When House Bill 1141 hit the hopper, I complained that prime sponsor Representative David Lust was picking too many insiders who view ballot measure as…
Senator Phil Jensen’s crackerbarrel-roiling likening of LGBT South Dakotans to pedophiles extended the offensive diversionary tactics he and other Republicans took in pushing Senate Bill 149, the discrimination-in-adoption bill,…
House Bill 1196 originally sought to drop our mandatory school attendance age back to 16. House Education hoghoused HB 1196 last Wednesday to clamp down on…
A couple weeks ago, “Mike Huether” followed me on Twitter. Interesting, I thought—the putative statewide candidate is upping his social media presence. And interesting, I thought,…
Got some political ants in your pants? Three events this week offer you a chance to scratch that itch. Tomorrow (Monday!) at noon to 1 p.m.Mountain,…
Our Republican legislators wag their fingers at us voters for passing Initiated Measure 22, which they repealed on the insistence that it was unconstitutional. But when they…
Hey, Teen Republicans! HS Democrats! Want a project to work on together? Read on…. Out of 388 bills, Governor Daugaard has signed 39 bills, and another 14 are…
The South Dakota Democratic Party shares this video from South Dacola showing how slow some Republican Sioux Falls legislators are at reading and addressing bills…