Our Republican legislators wag their fingers at us voters for passing Initiated Measure 22, which they repealed on the insistence that it was unconstitutional.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…
Tag: 2017 SB 54
The most significant IM22 replacement bill, Senate Bill 54, is still hung up in Senate State Affairs. After hearings Monday and Wednesday, the committee is still working…
Republican legislators have been trying to placate crackerbarrel crowds made grouchy by the repeal of Initiated Measure 22 by promising to pass replacement bills that will enact the policies voters…
Updated 2017.02.25 18:00 CST In their rush to repeal Initiated Measure 22, “South Dakota Lawmakers Are Showing Populism Is a Lie” (so goes the Washington Post headline).…
Representative Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) has roused 18 Republican colleagues to co-sponsor a poorly worded, unworkable, and unconstitutional restriction on out-of-state campaign contributions to ballot question…
Mark Winegar and Doug Kronaizl aren’t buying Todd Epp’s thesis on partial victory for ethics reform. To these Vermillion men, who also lead the new Represent South Dakota…
KELO Radio’s Token Liberal Todd Epp invited me down to his luxurious techno-digs on Phillips Avenue for a podcast on ethics reform in South Dakota, with a quick postscript…
Governor Dennis Daugaard called on the Legislature yesterday to repeal and replace Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act that voters approved in November. They have…