Senate State Affairs heard a couple of bills of interest to campaign financiers and watchdogs this morning. Senate Bill 128 proposes to restore the ability to…
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During today’s Senate State Affairs hearing on Senate Bill 129, Senator Al Novstrup asked about the use of the term “entity” in the campaign finance…
TakeItBack.org founders Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson combat the big corporate money lining up to defeat their prescription drug price cap initiative by noting that…
The glut of bills in the hopper include some measures closely connected to initiated measures that have either made the ballot or may still make…
Campaign finance reports are in for South Dakota’s serious gubernatorial candidates: Candidate Balance 1/1/2017 Raised Spent Cash on Hand 12/31/2017 Kristi Noem $1,807,135.40 $900,751.97 $566,192.56…
Last summer, the state Chamber of Commerce called for allowing ongoing multi-issue ballot question committees. Senator Terri Haverly (R-35/Rapid City) has responded to that call…
Back in August, Governor Dennis Daugaard said he would back Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s unconstitutional effort to ban people from Minnesota from giving money to…
Who is the first donor listed on the New Approach South Dakota—Medical Cannabis 2017 year-end campaign finance disclosure? Republican Speaker of the House Mark Mickelson:…
Every candidate for Governor, Democrat and Republican, appears to support Amendment W, the effort to undo the Republican repeal of IM 22 and restore the…
Legislature Quickly Fixes Corporate-Donor-Reporting Loophole; “Entities” Give 2.2% of Sutton’s Money
Nicely done, Legislature! Yesterday the Senate cast the final unanimous vote for House Bill 1003, which corrects the Legislature’s omission of businesses and unions (“entities”,…