What can we learn from yesterday’s public testimony before the Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force? Most interested parties think initiative and referendum is good…
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I joined sixteen other South Dakotans who testified to the Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force yesterday. You can hear my comments at 74:00 in…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson is proposing a second ballot initiative, this one to ban out-of-state financing of campaigns for and against ballot measures. Just like…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) wants us voters to decide whether to raise our wholesale tobacco tax to reduce tuition at our regionally uncompetitive…
Hey! I may finally get to meet Lisa Furlong on Wednesday! The Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force meets this week Tuesday and Wednesday. While…
The latest Dakota Free Press Podcast is ready for your earbuds! In Episode #15, we talk to Pierre political activist Roxanne Weber, organizer of protests,…
Chiropractor Fred Deutsch really doesn’t like the assisted-suicide initiative petition currently circulating in South Dakota. The conservative Christian and former legislator continues to oppo-brand the measure…
The Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force will meet for two days week after next. Friends of democracy, clear your calendars for Day Two. On…
Bob Mercer’s report on the Legislative Executive Board’s meeting Monday contains a number of interesting nuggets. First, the Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force will be…
Joe Kirby tells me that Open Primaries South Dakota has submitted a revised draft of its open-primary amendment to the Attorney General. The text submitted yesterday…