When Lee Schonebeck talks, people should listen…. It only took Representative Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls) two weeks at the Speaker’s podium to get himself sued,…
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The Legislature has finally stopped House Bill 1216, Rep. Spencer Gosch’s recycled attempt to restrict out-of-state contributions to South Dakota ballot question committees. Senate State…
The South Dakota Republican Party spin blog, run by an employee of the party chair, tried this morning to make it sound like Rep. Drew…
One of Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s meaner ideas passed the House this afternoon, though not without some Republicans telling the Speaker he’s going too far…
Want to torque off Republicans? Criticize the lax trust laws they’ve passed to make South Dakota a haven for wealthy tax dodgers. Rep. Susan Wismer…
When House Bill 1141 hit the hopper, I complained that prime sponsor Representative David Lust was picking too many insiders who view ballot measure as…
Our Republican legislators wag their fingers at us voters for passing Initiated Measure 22, which they repealed on the insistence that it was unconstitutional. But when they…
As a sign that we may not need Senator Bolin’s SJR 2 to protect our constitution from unnecessary amendments, Republican legislators this week killed a lifestyle amendment from the…
The Joint Legislative Procedure Committee voted 9–5 today to reject a rule barring legislators from having sex with pages and interns. Senator Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) offered…
Governor Dennis Daugaard is making sure District 34 voters understand that a vote for Dryden is really a vote for Lust. A helpful readers sends…