That Sioux Falls paper lost an open-records case yesterday. Last year, Division of Banking director Bret Afdahl reversed prior practice and declined to make public the…
Tag: openness
Mercer pitches, Krebs swings! Pierre political reporter Bob Mercer complained last weekend that South Dakota’s campaign finance laws gives PACs and unchallenged or inactive campaign committees too much…
The South Dakota Open Meetings Commission ruled unanimously yesterday that Deadwood mayor Chuck Turbiville and commissioners David Ruth, Jr., and Jim Van Den Eykel held an illegal…
The South Dakota Newspaper Association thinks Senator Corey Brown (R-23/Gettysburg) deserves an award for open-government advocacy. “Defender of the public“—really, Bob? Senator Brown tries to make it…
Last year, Yankton County Observer contributing editor Brian Hunhoff received national attention for his Sunshine Week column challenging government secrecy. This year, Hunhoff marks Sunshine Week (March 13–19) with this list of…
House State Affairs has six bills on its agenda this morning. Incredibly, three of those bills say nothing. Senate Bills 124, 125, and 126 are…
West River Eagle editor Ross DuBray blows the whistle on the Eagle Butte City Council’s failure to publish reliable minutes: This has been an ongoing issue with…
I love Sioux Falls Democratic Forum, not just because they sponsor this blog (thank you!), but, far more importantly, because they offer a great opportunity for…
Rep. Jim Stalzer (R-11/Sioux Falls) is feeling the heat for leading the Republican stalling of the Governor’s sales tax plan to fund teacher pay increases. After…
Rep. Lee Schoenbeck has a really good idea, one that the Legislature needs to apply to itself right now. Our favorite Watertown Republican is pushing House Bill…