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…
Tag: budget
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…
While we slept, Rep. Kristi Noem voted to reject the Senate’s deficit-boosting two-year spending plan and shut the government down again. So did 66 Republicans…
Two years after the Legislature took away an option that cushioned school revenues from a sudden loss of students, a few hardy legislators want to…
Score one for the South Dakota Democratic Party. Their attack on Marty Jackley’s touring the state to campaign on office time may have fallen flat…
We all know Governor Daugaard and the rest of the state’s leaders are hoping to save our budget by persuading the Supreme Court to reverse…