Rosebud Sioux Tribe member and Representative Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) recognizes the obvious: South Dakota lawmakers don’t know enough about Lakota culture. To address his oppressors’…
Tag: Legislative Research Council
We have our first drops in the Legislative bucket… but there’s nothing in the hopper to get excited about yet. Senate Bill 1 is the…
On Monday, I wrote about the draft issue memorandum the Legislative Research Council produced on surrogacy laws. I noted that anti-surrogacy, anti-LGBT, anti-family Representative Jon…
The Legislative Research Council has posted its fiscal notes for Dakotans for Health’s proposed initiated law and constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid under the Affordable…
Long-time Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) says his motto is “Be nice to everyone” and sells his own candidacy by emphasizing the importance of building relationships…
The Legislative Research Council has announced arrangements for public participation in today’s Veto-Plus Day of the South Dakota Legislature. Legislators are mostly staying home and…
South Dakota News Watch has a story about concerns that the Legislative Research Council’s new electronic bill management system “has made the legislative process less…
The Legislative Research Council is catching heck from all sides over the user-unfriendly features of its website updates. But true to LRC director Jason Hancock’s…
Pat Powers and I agree: the Legislative Research Council’s reformatting of bills on the LRC website is clunky and hard to read. Pat’s critique reads…
I am pleasantly surprised to find the Legislative hopper freshly stocked on a weekend. I am unpleasantly surprised to find the Legislative Research Council has…