At least 22 candidates for Legislature appear to be out of compliance with South Dakota campaign finance law…and it appears their failure of compliance stems…
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Steven Haugaard would like to have a few words with his primary opponent, Governor Kristi Noem: In 2018, then-Congresswoman Noem and then-state…
How bad are working conditions at the Legislative Research Council? So bad that the Legislature’s Executive Board says they have to add regular secret meetings…
At its February 3 meeting, the Government Accountability Board gave Governor Kristi Noem until April 15 to respond to two ethics complaints received by the…
The Legislature must really not want to be bothered as it heads toward impeachment this morning. I just checked the Legislative Research Council’s website and…
On Monday, the House Select Committee on impeachment recommended that the House not impeach killer Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. The committee produced a 22-page report…
Back at the beginning of Session, the Legislature’s Executive Board passed two noteworthy resolutions pertaining to the process for calling a Special Session. According to…
Here’s a curious technical bill on government openness: House Bill 1087 seeks to amend just one of the many exemptions to South Dakota’s already weak…
Representative Ernie Otten (R-6/Tea) evidently has a bee in his bonnet over transparency from the Governor’s Office. In addition to his House Bill 1041, which…
Governor Kristi Noem’s attempt to buy fired appraiser certification chief Sherry Bren’s silence appears to have prompted at least one government openness bill from legislators.…