The Legislature is showing no mercy to Kristi Noem and Ben Jones. In apparent recognition of the Governor and her Education Secretary’s failure to drive…
Tag: Government Operations and Audit Committee
The Government Operations and Audit Committee meets tomorrow in Pierre. Among the agenda items is a conversation with the South Dakota High School Activities Association…
One-party corruption is so bad in South Dakota that even honest Republicans can’t investigate it. Reps. Dan Kaiser and Elizabeth May tried to get the…
Senate Bill 125, Government Operations and Audit Committee chair Deb Peters’s effort to “clarify” her committee’s subpoena power, hit a bump in the Senate yesterday.…
On the good side, some legislators want to get serious about their subpoena power. After consistently resisting efforts to subpoena testimony about the GEAR UP…
Not all Democrats are afraid to test Legislative committees’ authority to subpoena witnesses to investigate the GEAR UP/Mid-Central scandal. Rep. Susan Wismer (D-1/Britton) offered a…
During its conference call today, the Government Operations and Audit Committee will discuss a sixteen-page draft of its annual report. Discussion of the GEAR UP/Mid-Central…
The Government Operations and Audit Committee has asked numerous principals in the GEAR UP scandal to come answer questions at its October 5–6 meeting. A…