While trying to sort out the chaos wrought by the Legislature’s repeal of Initiated Measure 22 and its subsequent multipronged tinkerings, I just discovered a…
Tag: campaign finance
Governor Dennis Daugaard cheers final passage yesterday of four bills relating to corruption: Today #SDLeg gave final passage to HB1052, HB1073, HB1076, and SB27 –…
As I told Greg Belfrage on KELO Radio Friday, the main problem with the so-called “replacement” bills is that IM22 was meant to check the power of the Legislature, but the “replacement”…
With Senate Bill 163, Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) is trying to drag us away from transparency in campaign finance. With House Bill 1200, Speaker of the…
To excuse their repeal of Initiated Measure 22, Republican legislators have promised to respect the popular will by passing replacement measures to satisfy the voters’ stated…
Our Republican legislators wag their fingers at us voters for passing Initiated Measure 22, which they repealed on the insistence that it was unconstitutional. But when they…
The most significant IM22 replacement bill, Senate Bill 54, is still hung up in Senate State Affairs. After hearings Monday and Wednesday, the committee is still working…
Let’s try this—the first Dakota Free Press Podcast! I met Aberdeen comedian Spencer Dobson at last Saturday’s crackerbarrel. I’m not nearly as funny as Spencer,…
Republican legislators have been trying to placate crackerbarrel crowds made grouchy by the repeal of Initiated Measure 22 by promising to pass replacement bills that will enact the policies voters…
Dan Lederman’s pal, political crony, and sometime bail bonds employee Pat Powers seems to think Lederman’s effort to oust Pam Roberts from the SDGOP chair is newsworthy. The…