Remember last March when Bob Mercer said sexual misconduct is not unusual in Pierre? Former legislator Angie Buhl O’Donnell and current lobbyist Samantha Spawn both…
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With her President trying to take away South Dakotans’ air service, rural water, and food security, Kristi Noem is going to have to spend a lot of her gubernatorial campaign…
Last night’s South Dakota Focus led off with discussion of Referred Law 20, the youth minimum wage cut. SDPB hasn’t made the video embeddable, but…
House Majority Leader Brian Gosch says Republicans made Referred Law 19, so “Every voter, especially Republicans, should support Referred Law 19.” The South Dakota Democratic Party…
Republican House Majority Leader Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) thinks Referred Law 19 is about nothing but Republican awesomeness. The South Dakota Democratic Party agrees that Referred…
The ballot question pro/con statements are out! Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has posted the PDF version of the 2016 Ballot Questions Pamphlet, which includes the…
Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) isn’t letting the illegitimi carborund him. Bob Mercer reports that Rep. Schoenbeck has rescinded his resignation promise and will see out the remainder of the 2016 Session: Before…
House Majority “Leader” Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) is not having a banner week for leadership. His effort to bully Rep. Lee Schoenbeck out of caucus…
In political baseball, Rep. Lee Schoenbeck’s support for the Blue Ribbon plan to raise South Dakota teacher pay has made him the new Stace Nelson of the Legislature:…
House Majority Leader Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) is at war with Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) over raising teacher pay. Rep. Schoenbeck has thrown in with the Governor and…