Speaking of curriculum standards, the Department of Education has issued yet another rewrite of the Hillsdale College social studies standards that the Board of Education…
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Statewide referendum petition drives may begin the moment the Legislature adjourns on Veto Day. Three days after that final gavel, no one appears to have…
When the Eighth Circuit overturned South Dakota’s unconstitutional twelve-month deadline for initiative petitions in February, the Legislature acted quickly to fill that legal gap by…
LaMie Declines to Investigate Senators for Exercising Legislative Authority over Boobgate Misconduct
As expected, Hughes County state’s attorney Jessica LaMie isn’t going to look into allegations of misdoing by powerful Republicans… but this time, she has the…
Snow and Judge Roberto Lange have delayed the demolition of the incomplete and code-violating Sioux Falls mansion of online separator of fools and money Vitaliy…
Censured Senator Julie Frye-Mueller (R-30/Rapid City) just can’t let Boobgate go away. She withdrew her weak federal lawsuit against Senate President Pro-Tempore Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Lake…
You know how the Legislature needs to act immediately to re-establish the deadline for submitting initiative petitions, thanks to my win at the Eighth Circuit…
When I received the Eighth Circuit’s solid affirmation of my challenge to South Dakota’s unconstitutionally early 12-month deadline for submitting initiative petitions, I considered teasing…
I was talking with an acquaintance with a fair political background but no knowledge of South Dakota politics or my own political activity. I mentioned…
The smartest Democrat in Pierre (I know, small pool, but you can’t be a knucklehead and win elections as a Democrat in South Dakota, so…