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…
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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…
Republicans have another bill attacking the initiative process in South Dakota. Representative Fred Deutsch (R-4/Florence), with the backing of my neighbor Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen)…
Often when I’ve argued that we need to raise South Dakota’s teacher pay from last in the region to compete for more talent, I’ve heard…
Long-time cannabis advocate and user Bob Newland muses gently this chill morning on the line we may draw between the British tyrants whom we overthrew…
In their spaghetti-throwing effort to overturn last month’s free and fair election and prevent Amendment A from making cannabis products legal and taxable in South…
Ballots, not briefs, decide elections. Judge Stephanos Bibas, opinion, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., et al., v. Secretary of Pennsylvania et al., Case #20-3371…
For Christmas, Bob Mercer gives us the briefs filed by both the Attorney General’s office and South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws to rebuff the…