That Sioux Falls paper does some work to fulfill the media’s civic duty to inform voters about ballot measures by running a front-page story (plus two…
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The last time Governor Kristi Noem called for a statewide day of prayer, in support of people struggling with flooding, we got hammered with an…
Prior to Senate State Affairs’ summary execution of Senator Reynold Nesiba’s (D-15/Sioux Falls) Senate Bill 157, a real effort to improve civic engagement by removing unfair…
Representative Jon Hansen’s first Wednesday hoghouse was about creating cost and complication for ballot question sponsors at the end of the petition process. His second…
Representative Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) finally filled two of his hoghouse bills dealing with ballot question petitions yesterday in House State Affairs. One of them,…
Lobbyist and lawyer Matt McCaulley may not have remained in state government after his service on Kristi Noem’s transition team, but he’s still working on…
Representative Steve Livermont (R-27/Martin) played bad neighbor today. After the Legislature seated him and his duly elected fellow Representative Peri Pourier (D-27/Pine Ridge), after his…
Virginia Group Continues Suit Against South Dakota to Repeal Independent Communication Reporting Law
Back in October, the Institute for Free Speech sued South Dakota to keep from being ticketed for publishing materials claiming that Amendment W and Initiated…
Governor Dennis Daugaard endorsed his former chief of staff, Dusty Johnson, for Congress last year. He comes on the airwaves now to reaffirm that endorsement,…
In 2015, payday lenders tried to delay circulation of the payday loan rate cap petition by challenging the Attorney General’s official explanation of the measure.…