At the end of October, the South Dakota Supreme Court said Speaker Spencer Gosch didn’t have to make public the names of the Representatives who called…
Tag: openness
The South Dakota Supreme Court leaves us wondering about the legitimacy of the upcoming Special Session to impeach Jason Ravnsborg. Yesterday the high Court shot…
Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack says, “There’s a substantial amount of misinformation out there” concerning his January 18, 2020, arrest in Meade County for driving…
Two sure signs that Speaker Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) is a couple shells short of a six-shooter: he says Senate President Pro Tempore Lee Schoenbeck “is…
On June 29, Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack (R-29/Union Center) pled a 2020 DUI charge down to careless driving and got a fine and six…
Senate President Pro-Tempore Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) made public the names of the 27 Senators who signed the letter calling for the November 9 Special Session…
Bob Mercer leads the charge for open records and gets results. He apparently has challenged Legislative leaders’ unconscionable decision to keep secret the names of…
Faced with the momentous prospect of conducting the first impeachment in South Dakota history, our Republican leaders default to their usual secrecy, treating the removal…
The Legislative Research Council’s draft Issue Memorandum on Special Sessions notes that we restrict the scope of a Special Session to ensure that the public knows…
The Legislative Research Council is withholding from the public the criminal investigation documents released to legislators considering impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. LRC director…