In 2002, Bob Newland led a campaign for a constitutional amendment (Amendment A) to give defendants the right to argue the merits of the laws…
Tag: law
The Government Accountability Board wimped out of holding Governor Kristi Noem accountable for her use of the state plane for personal and political purposes by…
Why bother? In 2006, South Dakota voters passed a law, Initiated Measure 5, saying that state officers and employees may use the state airplane only…
Attorney General Mark Vargo has sandbagged the Dakotans for Health initiative petition to repeal the state sales tax on food with his incorrect official assertion…
Nepotism, inattention to elected duties, and general incompetence aren’t nuisances to the 217,008 South Dakotans who reëlected Governor Kristi Noem yesterday. But 1,993 voters in…
Seth Tupper notes that one reason Governor Kristi Noem may be escaping consequences for using the state plane to fly herself, her son, and his…
I struggle to endorse a campaign that uses incorrect grammar: “Less stench… less water pollution… less slaughterhouses”? I know: the ad would lack the impact…
Mark Vargo made a mistake yesterday. The Attorney General read the initiatives proposed by Dakotans for Health to repeal South Dakota’s state sales tax on…
Kristi Noem’s campaign claims Jamie Smith has violated campaign finance law and “illegally deposited over half-a-million dollars in contributions.” Team Noem gets it half right.…
Oh, wait: I guess we can apply laws before they go into effect. SDPB reports that judge has revoked all of the permits the City…