The state has responded to Melissa Mentele’s lawsuit to place the medical cannabis initiative on the November ballot. The state offers three main arguments: The Secretary of…
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Russell Graeff will not charge forth alone with the Democratic banner in the District 19 Legislative contest. Bon Homme County Democratic Party chairman Frank Kloucek informs me…
New Approach South Dakota is asking a judge to place its medical cannabis initiative on South Dakota’s November ballot. In a complaint filed yesterday in Sixth…
The “recount” and second rejection of the medical cannabis petition raised a few legal questions about the status of that petition and the process that…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs announced late Friday that she has again rejected the petition filed by Melissa Mentele and New Approach South Dakota to…
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…
Our ballot measures stop at ten—medical marijuana doesn’t make the cut! Secretary of State Shantel Krebs and her team finally finished reviewing the medical marijuana petition…
Melissa Mentele (pronounced /MET-lee/) of New Approach South Dakota brought her medical cannabis petition to the Brown County Fair today. She says she doesn’t go looking for…