Dakotans for Health this afternoon submitted a petition with over 23,000 signatures to place on the November ballot an initiated measure to expand Medicaid in…
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With Democrats failing for the second election in a row to nominate someone to challenge Republican Dusty Johnson for the privilege of representing South Dakota…
The Cannabis Industry Association of South Dakota and South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws have graded South Dakota’s 105 legislators on their votes on marijuana-related…
On Friday, Governor Kristi Noem used her veto pen to take one more pot shot at South Dakotans fighting for cannabis freedom. Marijuana’s biggest Legislative…
Meanwhile, South Dakota legislators continue to fight about pot. Yesterday, House State Affairs killed Senate Bill 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana, and hijacked Senate…
Amidst their newfound fondness for ditchweed, the South Dakota Legislature may lower the penalty getting high and packing heat. Representative Kevin Jensen (R-16/Canton) is proposing…
Representative Ernie Otten (R-6/Tea) is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 25, the component of the Legislature’s glut of marijuana bills that would impose a 15% excise tax…
When I took my deep drag yesterday morning on the Legislature’s big marijuana bong, I noted in passing that Representative Will Mortenson’s Republican friends (and…
Six days before opening the 2022 Session, the South Dakota Legislature has 43 bills in the hopper. 26 of them deal with marijuana. (So much…
Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Pierre) has been a willing participant in the Republican war on initiatives. In 2016, he led the SDGOP campaign against Amendment V,…