The Bureau of Finance and Management warned legislators last summer that the coronavirus pandemic could cause South Dakota to see up to a $40-million budget…
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Boy, if Republicans think South Dakota’s single-subject rule is so peachy, maybe they should explain it to Donald Trump, who is threatening to defund the…
Not every Republican is sitting around sulking or lying or needlessly attacking the press. Congressman Dusty Johnson, recognizing that we are in the midst of…
The 5.8% statutory pay raise legislators will get in 2021 (that’s $688.40 more for each legislator, to $12,580.80 for the nine-week Session, only one week…
With Donald Trump and Kristi Noem waging a destructive constant war with unpleasant reality, it’s refreshing just to read issue memos from the Legislative Research…
$6 million could hire 120 more teachers to help ease the strain on our overworked teachers amidst the pandemic. Instead, Governor Kristi Noem is spending…
The state is pretending that spending $1.5 million to stage fireworks at Mount Rushmore for Il Duce and the Snow Queen’s vanity was a great…
But hey, let’s not let little things like elected officials refusing to speak to the local media and killing people with their cars wear holes…
Meeting in Special Session yesterday, the Legislature rubber-stamped Governor Kristi Noem’s wildly misdirected and self-serving use of the remaining $597 million remaining in coronavirus relief…
The Joint Appropriations Committee has issued its recommendation for spending the remaining $597 million of South Dakota’s $1.25 billion in coronavirus relief funds from Uncle…