In more Legislative fluffery, Representative Hugh Bartels offers House Bill 1083, 55 sections of find-and-replace to change the official name of our four public vo-tech…
Tag: Amendment R
For five decades, South Dakota ran its vo-tech schools unconstitutionally, allowing local school boards to manage them instead of the Board of Regents, the only entity authorized by the…
The fact that Dusty Johnson is running for Congress is pretty cool. But even cooler is the likely reason that we know he’s running now: the swift enactment…
The narrowest margin on any ballot measure this year was on Amendment R, the constitutional clean-up that allows the Legislature to create a governing board…
…Silent on Payday Lending and Youth Minimum Wage The Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce has the cash to buy a big chunk of the local…
One moment, the state Republican Party bombs mailboxes in Aberdeen portraying me as a tax-and-spend tyrant. The next, one of their gubernatorial candidates cites me as…
Like Rep. G. Mark Mickelson (R-12/Sioux Falls) and Rep. Elizabeth May (R-27/Kyle) in their opposing statements in the official 2016 ballot question pamphlet, the committee…
The Pro and Con statements on Amendment R, the measure to clarify governance of our vo-tech schools, show a battle between the two wings of…
At a press conference with supporters of Amendment R in Sioux Falls yesterday, Governor Dennis Daugaard staked out his position on all ten of the ballot measures…