Another petition is street-ready! Doug Kronaizl announces on Represent South Dakota’s Facebook page that Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has approved his group’s South Dakota…
Tag: initiative
The Legislature’s interim task force on initiative and referendum meets again next week Wednesday, July 19. According to the I&R task force’s newly posted agenda,…
Several days ago, KELO-TV reported that people were “flocking” to sign a petition to refer the Sioux Falls school board’s $50-million property tax opt-out to…
A couple of marijuana liberalization advocates are competing for South Dakotans’ signatures on their initiative petitions. In Sioux Falls Tuesday, New Approach South Dakota got…
South Dakota may see more ballot measures in 2018 than in 2016, thanks in part to Republican Speaker G. Mark Mickelson. Ten measures made the…
Two ballot question committees have formed to oppose South Dakota’s “Death with Dignity“/assisted suicide initiative, and that initiative hasn’t even made the ballot yet. On…
Rep. Kristi Noem tried to make a little political hay this week out of her effort to reduce health care costs by capping damages in…
Melissa Mentele of New Approach South Dakota reports a disappointing (for her and her supporters) change in the prison/jail fiscal statement for her organization’s recreational…
After just a day and a half of hearings, the Initiative and Referendum Task Force has already asked the Legislative Research Council to draft at…
Hot off the Mac—it’s the latest Dakota Free Press Podcast! In Episode #16, friend of the blog Joe Berns joins co-host Spencer Dobson to sit…