The Legislature’s Executive Board meets this afternoon in Pierre from 1:30 to 4:15 Central. Among the items of interest: 1. Rep. Mary Duvall (R-24/Pierre) would…
Tag: budget
In January, Levi Breyfogle of Rapid City submitted drafts of two seemingly Libertarian constitutional amendments that he may petition onto South Dakota’s 2020 ballot. One…
We South Dakotans aren’t buying enough stuff to keep our state budget afloat. So says the Legislative Research Council’s latest report on general fund receipts:…
The Legislature may understand ranked choice voting, but that doesn’t mean they follow it. The Legislative Executive Board this afternoon passed over the top vote-getting…
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…
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…