Still speaking of ballot measures, did anyone else notice that Senator Julie Frye-Mueller’s improperly submitted property tax cap initiative also includes an improper enactment date?…
Tag: Legislative Research Council
The currently headless Legislative Research Council popped out four new Issue Memoranda for the Executive Board’s Tuesday meeting, including a nice little brief on the…
Even a 10% raise to $170,665 a year can’t keep some people in Pierre. Legislative Research Council director Reed Holwegner resigned yesterday at a surprise…
This summer, code counsel Justin Goetz of the Legislative Research Council, produced an issue memorandum on the emergency clause for the Legislature’s Executive Board. The…
Newell Republican activist Travis Ismay really doesn’t like marijuana. In addition to his initiative to prevent South Dakotans from ever voting on legalizing marijuana or…
The Senate has published a redacted transcript of the testimony it took behind closed doors from the Legislative Research Council employee who accused Senator Julie…
Repealing South Dakota’s unusual and immoral food tax will put 4% more money back in hungry South Dakotans’ pockets than projected last fall. In a…
The Department of Education had to cancel its August hearing on Governor Kristi Noem’s proposed “divisive concepts” fatwa because the proposed rule broke the law.…
Last summer, the Department of Education strangely and without explanation canceled a hearing on rule changes proposed to root out “divisive concepts” from the Department’s…
Alas, Attorney General Mark Vargo’s incorrect explanation of the proposed ballot initiative to repeal the state sales tax on food has delayed the petition drive…