Marty Jackley is trying to whack Kristi Noem from arguably opposite ideological perspectives. On Friday our Republican Attorney General razzed our lone Congresswoman (and his…
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Tomorrow isn’t just Veto Day in Pierre; at least four committees will meet: GOAC will convene at 8:30 a.m. in Room 362, before the scheduled Senate session…
Rep. Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) has saved Herried School District from consolidation. Yesterday Governor Dennis Daugaard signed Gosch’s House Bill 1215, a bill crafted specifically to…
Last week, Representative Susan Wismer and the rest of the Democratic caucus voted Aye on House Bill 1320, the 4.69-billion-dollar Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Rep. Wismer, a…
The only discussion of Medicaid expansion in the Legislature this year was a failed attempt by Trumpy Republican legislators, scared of both Barack Obama and…
Heading into the final day of the 2018 Session, the Legislature had dealt with 534 bills. They suspended the rules yesterday to add one more…
Last month I noted that Donald Trump was making empty promises on expanding rural Americans’ access to broadband Internet. His new infrastructure proposal proves my…
Assuming the crews get I-90 and SD 34 plowed, the Legislature will be back in Session tomorrow. If you’re interested in democracy and white-knuckle driving,…
Oh look! New revenue targets: The top sheet is the new official guess of how much general fund revenue South Dakota will take in this…
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…