Governor Dennis Daugaard attended the signing ceremony for the new Chinese-government-run Confucius Institute on the Northern State campus here in Aberdeen yesterday. Celebrating the Confucius Institute’s teaching…
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Governor Dennis Daugaard writes veto letters explaining why he rejects a handful of bills from the Legislature, but he usually doesn’t provide signing letters telling…
You’d think unchecked power would have more appeal. Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave (R-25/Baltic) and Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dan Lederman (R-16/Dakota Dunes) commanded a Republican…
Governor Daugaard thinks we should tax amateur baseball coaches on the work they do for kids. To that end, he vetoed Senate Bill 159. Yesterday,…
Here’s a Chamber of Commerce Republican who will sign a petition to refer Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage, to a public vote. Rapid City businessman and…
Of all the bills he could have and should have vetoed, Governor Dennis Daugaard yesterday chose to veto three tax cuts. They were niggly favors for…
Governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed three of the eight bills still on his desk this morning: Senate Bills 100, 136, and 159. Senate Bill 100 would have…
Governor Dennis Daugaard has named the first thirteen members of his new Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students (what’s our pronounceable acronym: BluRT-FTS?):…
Rep. Fred Deutsch (R-4/Florence) submits this photo of one of the better bill signings this session: On March 11, Governor Dennis Daugaard signed House Bill…
Excuse me, Governor Daugaard—did you drop this microphone? I think you forgot to give the jobs report…. Governing reports that 39 states reported job growth from December…