The Custer County Commission apparently has run out of real problems to solve. The commission voted 3–1 last month to allow county employees and the…
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Perhaps recognizing that challenging Amendment A, South Dakota’s marijuana legalization, via an election contest will go nowhere in court, anti-pot plaintiffs Kevin Thom and Rick…
Sheriff Kevin Thom and South Dakota Highway Patrol Colonel Rick Miller may be barking up the wrong legal tree in their taxpayer-funded court challenge to…
Before I tear into the core legal arguments, I want to note the weird plaintiffery going on with the election contest Pennington County Sheriff Kevin…
Energy Transfer Partners showed no signs of obeying a federal judge’s order to shut down and drain their illegally permitted Dakota Access pipeline within 30…
White Supremacist Auctions Farm Gear Monday, Provided Legal Precedent for Tribal Checkpoints in 2019
Gordon, Nebraska, felon, gambler, and white supremacist Rudy “Butch” Stanko is retiring—not from white supremacy, as far as we know, but from agriculture. Alas, such…
Dicamba is now illegal, thanks to yet another court ruling determining that the Trump Environmental Protection Agency has failed to do its job: A federal…
In my coverage of the SD Voice v. Noem II trial, I noted that it is difficult for me to report accurately when I’m a…
Two really funny things happened yesterday with regards to the South Dakota Republican Party’s effort to restrict your initiative and referendum rights. First, the Attorney…
The Bureau of Finance and Management provided the Joint Appropriations Committee with an overview of the state budget yesterday. At 39:30 in the SDPB recording…