Attorney General Marty Jackley released his explanation yesterday of Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s proposed ballot initiative to ban contributions to ballot question committees from people,…
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And hey, remind me, why might the recreational marijuana amendment not legalize marijuana in South Dakota? Let’s review Section 2 of the initiative: Section 2. Notwithstanding…
That Sioux Falls paper picks up the story we discussed here back on July 1, that sponsors’ incautious editing may have limited the scope of…
…But We South Dakotans Like Changing Our Constitution! Senator Jim Bolin wants to make it harder to amend the South Dakota Constitution. Last Session, Senator…
Well, one bad idea down, five to go. The Legislature’s interim task force on initiative and referendum has decided not to pursue capping the number of…
The Legislature’s interm task force on initiative and referendum convenes again tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 a.m. Central in Pierre. At the same time, Donald Trump’s…
KELO Radio’s Mark Russo misreads Joe Kirby’s open primaries amendment and the newly released Attorney General’s explanation. Russo mistakes the Kirby amendment for last year’s…
A couple weeks ago, the Legislative Research Council issued a prison/jail fiscal impact statement for New Approach South Dakota’s recreational marijuana initiative. Using the surprising…
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…
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,…