It would be easy to confuse TakeItBack.org and TakeBack.org. TakeItBack.org is the website of the ballot question organization founded by liberal Democratic South Dakotan Rick…
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South Dacola‘s Scott Ehrisman describes Thursday’s Sioux Falls debate on Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, this way: …we have Darrell Solberg, a Sioux Falls small…
The most crushing, crowd-pleasing comeback of last night’s ballot question forum in Sioux Falls came from Amendment V campaign chairman Rick Knobe, just seconds after…
Sure, Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, comes from Democrat Rick Weiland’s efforts to reform South Dakota politics via ballot measure. But Weiland has assembled…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs convened her special bipartisan panel on campaign finance reform yesterday and found “solid support” for allowing businesses to contribute directly…
Hillary Clinton is beating Donald Trump in South Dakota… in fundraising. According to Christopher Doering’s reading of FEC reports through the end of July, Clinton has…
Ah, so now we have the real reason the Koch brothers are trying to defeat Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act. It’s not so much the “Democracy Credits” that…
Update 2015.09.15 10:19: The original August 9 version of this story reported 20 committees, with no opposition to 19, 20, R, or S. Since that…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs says she’s seeking public input and convening a committee to discuss campaign finance reform: Secretary Krebs says she wants campaign finance…
Governor Dennis Daugaard has appointed Freeman oilman Scott Stern to succeed J. Pat Costello as Commissioner of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The Governor’s office provides…