Fellow Democrat and Madison Bulldog Debate alumnus Rick Weiland has been advocating independent redistricting, open nonpartisan primaries, and his Anti-Corruption Act as a “trifecta of reforms” since…
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Sure, Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, comes from Democrat Rick Weiland’s efforts to reform South Dakota politics via ballot measure. But Weiland has assembled…
No, really, I mean it, says Judge Karen Schreier. Kurt Evans and Wayne Schmidt don’t get spots on the 2016 ballot. In an August 31…
Henry Red Cloud, Democratic candidate for Public Utilities Commission, has been gathering supplies to support the “Water Protectors” protest camp at the Cannonball–Missouri confluence in…
Yesterday I featured West River attorney Mark Vargo’s opposition to Amendment S; today I spotlight East River attorney Ryan Kolbeck’s opposition to Amendment S. How’s that…
While I was campaigning today, a neighbor struggling with his Trump-excusification joked that “Democrats like free stuff.” Really? My neighbor’s preferred Presidential nominee says he will…
Jason Glodt tells public radio he’s about to launch a six-figure radio campaign to promote Amendment S, California billionaire Henry T. Nicholas’s crime victims bill of rights. Glodt’s…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs convened her special bipartisan panel on campaign finance reform yesterday and found “solid support” for allowing businesses to contribute directly…
The latest Dakota Free Press poll finds a noteworthy lack of interest in Referred Law 19, the Incumbent Protection Plan. Asked “Do you support Referred…
The Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce does a fair job of summarizing the reasons for and against Referred Law 20, Senator David Novstrup’s youth sub-minimum wage. Let’s…