So the money is there after all: Governor Kristi Noem caved yesterday and said the Legislature can spend $3.5 million to legalize industrial hemp and…
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Tony Venhuizen just got hired as Governor Kristi Noem’s chief of staff, but he’s been on the Second Floor since January coordinating the Governor’s Legislative…
Team Noem is doing a poor job of whipping hemp legislation to passage. She said she wanted to wrap up the hemp issue in the…
KELO-TV says Governor Kristi Noem wants to (KELO’s words) “wrap up industrial hemp legislation within a few days.” The Legislature rarely does anything in the…
Downtown Sioux Falls and the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation are sponsoring the Seventh Annual Downtown Burger Battle. (The Cattlemen’s Foundation website only mentions the 2018…
Governor Kristi Noem’s New Year’s Resolutions apparently include bringing flip-flops to work. After letting the Legislature re-assign the State of the Tribes Address from her…
I’ve said many times I won’t exert myself heavily for or against marijuana policy. But now that we have to vote on two pot initiatives,…
Last week the USDA approved six applications for domestic hemp programs, for the states of Louisiana, New Jersey, and Ohio; the Santa Rosa Band of…
Governor Kristi Noem’s hempophobia appears to be contagious among legislators. New Noem Senate appointee Helene Duhamel (R-32/Rapid City) runs right down Noem’s irrational line against…
Governor Kristi Noem is trying to sound like a moderate, saying she’s open to legalizing industrial hemp if it’s done right. But don’t be fooled;…