The Legislature’s swat last month against Governor Kristi Noem’s pitch to buy a new plane for her interstate campaign travels was, like Noem’s ask itself,…
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The Legislature yesterday put its seal of approval on Governor Kristi Noem’s illegal use of federal coronavirus relief dollars to cover ordinary state expenses: South…
Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz has faced criticism for trying to be the “responsible parent” and protect his state from coronavirus. Walz’s conservative critics gave South…
The House dinged Governor Noem twice in lengthy Crossover Day action: A day before she takes off for her next round of fundraising in Texas…
Understanding Kristi Noem’s priorities requires looking at just two bills, House Bill 1282 and House Bill 1279. HB 1282 proposes the $5 million our Governor…
While South Dakota prepares to sock coronavirus relief dollars away in the bank to fund future parochial non-pandemic budget whims, the Biden Administration and the…
Governor Kristi Noem has done a remarkable job of not spending federal coronavirus relief dollars on coronavirus relief. Now Representative Chris Karr, who came down…
Amidst the outbreak of freewheeling spending in our cash-flush Capitol, my favorite bill of the 2021 Session is House Bill 1278, wherein we declare that…
In 2018, Senator Jim Bolin tried to hamstring our power to write our own laws by placing on the ballot Amendment X, which would have…
On the first day of the 2021 Legislative Session, Joint Appropriations received a budget overview from the Bureau of Finance and Management. In that presentation,…