Has the Bosworth precedent kept a municipal referendum off the ballot in Watertown? Glacial Lakes Energy in Watertown wants to build a four-track rail loop that will allow…
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In a minor defeat for the payday lenders, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled unanimously today in favor of the Attorney General’s ballot explanation of…
Bob Mercer’s “Week Ahead in State Government” column is a useful heads-up on upcoming meetings and deadlines. However, he makes one important error in this week’s edition:…
Hey, Nick! Do you remember asking if we could submit briefs to the Supreme Court when the Governor asks for an advisory opinion? The answer appears…
In more evidence that we all need to know our petition law, Rapid City municipal candidates may have to throw out some signatures they’ve collected and start…
Kinda surprising: Melissa Mentele’s filing of an affidavit to challenge Secretary of State Shantel Krebs’s rejection of her medical cannabis initiative petition. Really surprising: Secretary Krebs’s…
This week’s Don’t Give Up Award goes not to Rep. Fred Deutsch, who grimly promised today to spend all summer coming up with a stronger, better, faster way…
On Wednesday, I challenged Lisa Furlong’s (or should we just call it Rod Aycox’s now, since his Georgia-based company provided all of the $1.7 million necessary to…
Jeepers creepers! Select Management Resources, parent company of North American Title Loans, spends $1,735,416.90, including $1,553,405.58 on deceptive petition circulating company Silver Bullet, to trick South Dakotans…
Bollen Says Blame Everyone Else! Once the 35 Chinese investors suing South Dakota and Joop Bollen for EB-5 visa investment trickery get their lawyer situation…