At Saturday’s crackerbarrel in Aberdeen, I asked our legislators to weigh in on two competing bills dealing with ballot access. House Bill 1286 defines “alternative party”…
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At today’s crackerbarrel in Aberdeen, Senator Brock Greenfield professed the Socratic wisdom of the South Dakota Legislature: Local lobbyist Julie Johnson had asked “anybody who…
NSU Provost and musician Alan LaFave asked legislators at Aberdeen’s Saturday crackerbarrel to discuss the impact another year of no raises for state employees would…
But Cut the Sales Tax on Food? Perish the Thought! My neighbor Betty Sheldon made an impassioned plea to legislators at Saturday’s crackerbarrel to protect…
The six opening statements given at yesterday’s crackerbarrel in Aberdeen show that rookie Rep. Drew Dennert is the biggest policy nerd in the group, while…
Frerichs Says Respect the Voters, Leave Initiative and Referendum Alone! At the end of yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel, my neighbor and local orchestra teacher Joe Berns…
Paul Register of Redfield is circulating a petition for the Democratic nomination for District 2 Senate. The union organizer is seeking the seat currently held…
Amidst the flood of new proposals pooped out by the Legislature’s Executive Board yesterday is a plan to have lawmakers give a “State of the…
My subcomplaint about the new travel reimbursement for legislators spectating at interim committee hearings is that the subsidy was approved at last week’s Executive Board meeting…
The Legislature’s nonmeandered waters task force approved draft legislation yesterday to resolve the issue of public access to recently formed lakes that lie over privately owned…