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…
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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…
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…
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…