Republican legislators are offering an apparent enhancement of South Dakota’s thin whistleblower protections. Today Rep. Don Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) filed House Bill 1052, which would…
Tag: corruption
The supporters of Initiated Measure 22,the Anti-Corruption Act, are playing offense. Represent.Us points out in this fun Facebook video that two of the leading legislators who have sued…
…Leaves Ethics Commission to Krebs Attorney General Marty Jackley announced his 2017 package of legislation last week. With these six bills, Jackley proposes more practical legislation for…
In a remarkable double-header this morning, Greg Belfrage interviewed liberal blogger me at 8:05 and Republican State Senator Stace Nelson at 8:35 as his first guests of 2017. Holy cow—that’s…
We would like to blame Mr. Sveen, but we’re not going to do that. —Reed Rasmussen, attorney for the defense, saying the second-most interesting thing…
As I read through the court documents in Curd et al. v. South Dakota, the GOP legislators’ lawsuit to overturn Initiated Measure 22, I find one remarkable passage…
Governor Dennis Daugaard identified Initiated Measure 22 as Budget Enemy #1 in his budget address yesterday. He says the $4.9 million ($9 times 546,615 currently…
I’d love to write a novelization of the South Dakota EB-5 scandal, but I feel like I have to wait until every single strand of…
Republican District 17 Senator and retired judge Arthur Rusch and Democratic candidate for District 17 House Mark Winegar are having a semantic disagreement over the GEAR…