In today’s Tea Leaves Department, House Bill 1304 hints that (1) some powerful special interests are planning to challenge any remaining initiative petitions that the…
Tag: initiative
TakeItBack.org founders Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson combat the big corporate money lining up to defeat their prescription drug price cap initiative by noting that…
The glut of bills in the hopper include some measures closely connected to initiated measures that have either made the ballot or may still make…
Let’s kill initiative and referendum altogether! must have been what Rep. Steven Haugaard and Senator Al Novstrup meant when they prime-sponsored House Bill 1275, a…
How many times can I open a story with, “Mickelson attacks initiative?” Well, at least once more: Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) continues his…
Back in August, Governor Dennis Daugaard said he would back Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s unconstitutional effort to ban people from Minnesota from giving money to…
The Republican Legislature has moved from sniping at the edges of our initiative power to firing cannons right at the heart of our right to…
Victimless Crime Amendment Also Blocks Prosecution of Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Theft, Terrorist Plots… With five working days left during which legislators and committees can…
Unlike Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls), who thinks the proper remedy to the scourge of big money in ballot measures is an unconstitutional ban…
The South Dakota House of Representatives may hold its first real votes this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. CST, when it convenes to hear four bills.…