In a move sure to get the newspaper association’s hackles up, Rep. Tom Brunner (R-29/Nisland) has filed a bill to allow some local governments to…
Tag: openness
Quick no: House Bill 1144, promoting more secrecy in government! Rep. Tim Johns (R-30/Lead) and Sen. Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) seem to think our city councils,…
The State-Tribal Relations Committee met yesterday afternoon in the Capitol. Dana Ferguson reports that the committee met “informally to discuss disagreements over past minutes, minority…
Senator Billie Sutton’s (D-21/Burke) proposals to make state e-mails public records and preserve fiscal documents for at least ten years will get further discussion from…
Senator Billie Sutton offers two draft bills for the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s consideration today (or maybe tomorrow) in Sioux Falls. The Democratic gubernatorial…
The secretive administration of Sioux Falls mayor Mike Huether has found a clever way to keep documents used in public decision-making secret: declare them drafts!…
What does it mean if the Legislature holds task force subcommittee meetings on campaign finance reform and nobody shows up? Senator Jordan Youngberg (R-8/Madison) concludes…
The SDGOP spin blog tries to portray Republican legislators’ exclusive, invitation-only listening session last week as no big deal. Rather than address the elitist, anti-populist…
Speaking of improper use of police resources, the Mitchell mayor Jerry Toomey has decided, without council discussion or approval, to deploy a city cop to…
Republican elitism at its best: tired of catching earfuls from regular citizens at public crackerbarrels, Rapid City-area legislators organized an invitation-only “Legislative Roundtable” to hear…