The war on initiative and referendum continues, and Republicans are winning. Senate Bill 77: Thinking Go Big or Go Home, Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) upped his…
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Senator Lee Schoenbeck and rookie Representative Will Mortenson join this year’s cycle of the Republican war on people power with Senate Bill 86, which appears…
After two weeks of work, and with two weeks left to introduce new bills in regular order, the Legislature has thrown 179 bills in the…
Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) goes big… on petition font size. Following up on the threat he made in the Aberdeen paper several days ago, Senator…
Two of my local legislators are firing the next shot in the South Dakota Republican Party’s war against initiative and referendum. Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen)…
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard SD Voice and Cory Heidelberger v. Governor Kristi Noem, Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, and Secretary of State Steve…
South Dakota and I are taking each other to federal court today. Judges Gruender, Erickson, and Kobes of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will…
The big players in health care in South Dakota have decided that they are ready to buck South Dakota’s one-party regime and help put Medicaid…
As the biggest petition nerd in South Dakota, I’m embarrassed not to have noticed sooner the third initiative proposal posted to the Secretary of State’s…
Governor Kristi Noem is using Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom and South Dakota Highway Patrol Colonel Rick Miller as plaintiff-pawns in a crazy ploy to…