Governor Kristi Noem’s high school civics test mandate, House Bill 1066, took an interesting turn Tuesday. After House Education whittled Noem’s sloppy bill down to…
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Civics is apparently losing traction as a campaign issue for Governor Kristi Noem. Seeing that Noem’s big civics test has been watered down to ten…
Governor Kristi Noem’s plan to require every student to take a civics test to graduate high school is still alive, but the House has watered…
Representative Lana Greenfield (R-2/Doland) says the party affiliation of local polling place officials doesn’t matter: If there’s a shortage of workers, what difference does it…
Governor Kristi Noem got to sign the “guns in your pants without permission” bill yesterday, thus dedicating her first big signing ceremony to a lie…
When is a bill on “intellectual diversity” not really about diversity? When Republicans promote it. House Bill 1087 purports to “promote intellectual diversity at certain…
Rookie Representative Kaleb Weis has another dumb idea. The Aberdeen Republican proposes House Bill 1113 and House Concurrent Resolution 1002, both of which call on local…
Governor Kristi Noem wants to slap school districts with another unfunded mandate. This week she got House State Affairs to file House Bill 1066, her…
District 3 legislators are having a hard time with transparency this Session. Not only are Senator Al Novstrup, Representative Drew Dennert, and rookie Representative Carl…
Our civics show ponies continue to trot out their proposals to make us all better citizens. Former social studies teacher turned Senator Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton)…