On Tuesday the Tax Foundation published an analysis of the state-by-state cost of Trump’s impulsive and ill-advised steel and aluminum tariffs. This analysis does not…
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The Legislature’s passage of bills raising and indexing legislator pay starting next year prompted one of my Twitter friends to wag, “So collective bargaining does…
In another bit of remarkable good news from Pierre, the Senate yesterday listened to people who care about higher education and killed House Bill 1199,…
Whoo-hoo! Patrick Lalley still thinks I’m worth having on the air! In today’s blogging on the radio (our fifteen-minute segment starts at 35:00), Lalley and I…
Senator Billie Sutton and the Democratic caucus get credit for fighting for practical women’s issues with House Bill 1153, which sought to protect pregnant and…
NSU Provost and musician Alan LaFave asked legislators at Aberdeen’s Saturday crackerbarrel to discuss the impact another year of no raises for state employees would…
At today’s Legislative crackerbarrel in Aberdeen, Northern State e-learning prof Greg Francom asked who would benefit from and what problem would be solved by House Bill…
The Deadbeat Dad Brigade marches again on Pierre! South Dakota currently blocks parents who are behind in child support by $1,000 or more from getting…
House Bill 1198 is another great example of how Republicans support local control only as long as local governments obey Republican ideology. Thousands of South…