The National Park Service denied Governor Kristi Noem’s request to subject the Black Hills to more risk of fire, pollution, and wasteful spending with another…
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While everybody had their eye on Kristi Noem’s unconstitutional effort in the South Dakota Supreme Court to take away our constitutional right to write our…
I don’t like David Owen quite as much as I like Grandpa Joe, but South Dakota’s Chamber chief said something really interesting on public radio…
Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a mixed ruling in the Brackeen case, in which some non-Natives are challenging the constitutionality of the…
A year ago, when the anti-democracy schemes in our Legislature passed 2020 Senate Bill 180 to get out of trouble with the courts, I said…
In my conversation with Amy Scott-Stoltz Sunday about how to circulate ballot question petitions, I emphasized that volunteer circulators do not have to register with the…
Just when I thought our Republican Legislature might be ready to show some moral fiber… Top South Dakota lawmakers announced a proposal on Tuesday to…
President Joe Biden has a couple of important justice jobs to fill in South Dakota. Obama-appointee Judge Jeffrey Viken will be retiring from the U.S.…
…And We Still Need a Ruling on Petition Deadlines! This news will be no comfort to the family of Joe Boever and all South Dakotans…
When I beat Jason Ravnsborg in court last year and secured the defeat of 2019 House Bill 1094, the Attorney General didn’t roll over and…