Journalist Tom Lawrence gets the same sense of fear and intended intimidation from Thune and Noem’s town halls at police stations that the SDSU Collegian and I do. Lawrence…
Tag: openness
This week’s award for concise letter-writing goes to Missy Slaathaug of Pierre, who penned this missive in her Wednesday local paper: Right on, Missy! Senator Thune…
But hey, lest anyone accuse me of being too hard on Al Novstrup, let me give him some equal time. Here, without commentary or redaction, is…
Last week’s Congressional recess just flew by! Senator John Thune barely had time to catch the state wrestling tournament and some college hoops in his hometown before jetting…
With Senate Bill 163, Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) is trying to drag us away from transparency in campaign finance. With House Bill 1200, Speaker of the…
To excuse their repeal of Initiated Measure 22, Republican legislators have promised to respect the popular will by passing replacement measures to satisfy the voters’ stated…
We start the Legislative week with twelve important bills to watch—important because, right now, they are meaningless: SB 104: “to protect certain easement holders and rural…
Here’s one more reason I’m glad not to have to support Mike Huether for public office in 2018. In vetoing a requirement to record public meetings of unelected city boards…
Last year, the Legislature passed Lee Schoenbeck’s proposal to to require public bodies to post their meeting notices and agendae at leas two days prior to their…
Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued an official opinion to clear up the ambiguity of Amendment S (now South Dakota Constitution Article 6 Section 29), the…