The clock started ticking last night on Senator Lance Russell’s big decision. District 30 Republicans picked the Hot Springs incumbent to carry their banner in…
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Yesterday was the deadline for filing pre-primary campaign finance reports in South Dakota. Let’s pick up some pieces of the statewide races: In the Governor’s…
Senator Lance Russell has been running for attorney general since last summer. He also declared his candidacy for reëlection to his District 30 Senate seat…
Alas, the Legislature is not listening to constitutional or practical conservative sense on House Bill 1007. The hoghoused bill, which now simply reads, “No initiated…
Two Republican Senators are trying to turn committee hearings in the Legislature into anti-immigrant don’t-come-bah-yahs to boost their campaigns for higher office. Senator Neal Tapio…
Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs), one of South Dakota’s most conservative legislators, sat down today for a one-on-one interview with Dakota Free Press, South Dakota’s…
Senate Bill 151 shows how differently two legislative chambers can view a issue. This anti-corruption measure, creating new provisions for reporting and investigating public corruption, breezed…
SDPB is playing live video from the Senate today. As I listen to Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) ask whether South Dakotans can trust the Legislature to…
In a video extra for the radio (I love the 21st century!), The Greg Belfrage Show producer Todd Epp asked me about Senate Bill 134, the bill…
Senate Education amended Senate Bill 134 yesterday. What was originally a blanket ban on any political speech in public schools is now a slightly more…