We start the Legislative week with twelve important bills to watch—important because, right now, they are meaningless: SB 104: “to protect certain easement holders and rural…
Tag: Lance Russell
In trivia from yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel… Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark) compared his anti-refugee bill to his mom’s anti-nuclear waste bill, saying both are simply measures to…
Governor Dennis Daugaard signed House Bill 1069 yesterday, thus making the “emergency” repeal of Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, the first enacted bill of the 2017…
Senator Lance Russell wants to ensure teachers can talk about creationism and other religious hokum in science class, but by gum, if we teachers open our…
Bob Mercer analyzes the grudge match between the mainstream SDGOP leadership in the Legislature and the arch-conservative wing led by Senator-Elect Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs)…
Yesterday I noted Western Dakota Technical Institute financial aid director Starla Russell’s assertion that the school is letting her and her two assistants go in retaliation…
Holy cow! Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) beats Governor Dennis Daugaard and the Democrats to the punch and puts the first real teacher pay bill of the…
At least Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) is trying. Unlike Governor Dennis Daugaard, who has yet to offer clear support for his own Blue Ribbon K-12…
Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) takes a look at the Mid-Central/GEAR UP scandal and comes to an obvious conclusion: Melody Schopp should resign as Secretary of Education: Republican State…
O.K., I’ve finally gotten around to viewing the videos of the press conference Rep. Elizabeth May (R-27/Kyle) and other legislators held in Rapid City on…