Representative Larry Rhoden adds Ethics Lite to the mix of legislative proposals competing to tell South Dakota voters how they should have done ethics reform. House Bill…
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Joining the House Democratic caucus (minus Representative Shawn Bordeaux, who was excused) yesterday in opposing the repeal of Initiated Measure 22 were Republican Representatives Mike Stevens,…
The House Select Committee formed to discipline former legislator Mathew Wollmann for having sex with interns met for 23 minutes today. Since Wollmann spared them most of…
Who knew what when? House Majority Leader Lee Qualm says he called for an investigation of fellow Republican Representative Mathew Wollmann’s sexual misconduct after Wollmann…
You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em… Rep. Mathew Wollmann needs some Kenny Rogers on his iPod. The Madison…
Boy, if there’s one thing Republicans who control the Legislative and Executive Branches hate, it appears to be independent ethics commissions. South Dakota Republican legislators sued to stop…
Governor Dennis Daugaard identified Initiated Measure 22 as Budget Enemy #1 in his budget address yesterday. He says the $4.9 million ($9 times 546,615 currently…
Like the Benda/Bollen/GOED/EB-5 scandal before it, the Westerhuis/Melmer/MCEC/GEAR UP scandal is prompting Democrats to push for a state ethics commission. (Job #1 for such a commission:…
While a tragic housefire turns into a murder-suicide and a possible scandal involving federal money and South Dakota’s Republican education establishment, folks at Dakota War College have…
A number of Yankton-area residents are suing Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Lewis & Clark Specialty Hospital, and doctors and administrators who allowed disgraced physician Dr. Allen…