Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier received notice from TransCanada yesterday that the Canadian company will begin prepping construction sites for the Keystone XL…
Tag: 2017 SB 176
Governor Dennis Daugaard met with tribal officials last week to discuss tribal concerns with Senate Bill 176, the anti-protest law (yes, law: the Legislature included an…
SDPB is playing live video from the Senate today. As I listen to Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) ask whether South Dakotans can trust the Legislature to…
The newest Dakota Free Press Podcast, fresh baked in the sound oven this morning, is online! My co-host Spencer Dobson and I talk about Neal Tapio’s…
House State Affairs took Senate Bill 176 to the hoghouse this morning. Evidently getting the message that even his Republican majority wasn’t going to trust…
Coming up in House State Affairs this hour is Senate Bill 176, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s attempt to grab the authority to declare martial law for six months in a…
It’s alive—it’s alive! Of the dozen-some carcass bills that were still lurching about in the hopper mid-month, one remains unfilled and active at the Legislature.…
Every now and then, my truly conservative District 3 legislators talk sense. Representative Dan Kaiser and rookie Rep. Drew Dennert both appear to agree with…
…like how the telescreens and Room 101 are for your own good, Winston Smith. Greg Belfrage and I capped our interview this morning with a…
Last week Rep. Tim Goodwin withdrew his offensive House Bill 1145, the vague “no-go zone” bill based on Breitbartian Islamophobia. I’m glad to see that bill…