Does the Legislature just not trust county governments? Yesterday Senate State Affairs killed Senate Bill 105, a measure that would have given counties a remarkably limited taxation…
Tag: politics
In other news… I’m running for the District 3 State Senate seat. From my campaign Issues page… I’m running for South Dakota Senate because I love…
We know which Republicans are doing the Koch Brothers’ bidding. Rep. Don Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) and Senator Ried Holien (R-5/Watertown) are sponsoring House Bill 1234, which…
A little like me, Senator Bernie Sanders stands outside America’s Christian mainstream. Sanders is Jewish; I am an atheist (although I’ve been told occasionally that I look like a rabbi). Like me, Senator…
My Republican friend John Tsitrian threads an interesting political needle in the Rapid City Journal. He says he supports the intent of House Bill 1067, the…
KSOO’s Independent radio host Rick Knobe continues to urge the Legislature to raise South Dakota’s teacher pay. He said last November that he wasn’t terribly impressed with the…
Sioux Falls sports broadcaster Jeff Thurn steps into the political arena with an editorial calling House Bill 1008, Rep. Fred Deutsch’s potty/locker room bill, an unnecessary political…
Expanding Medicaid in South Dakota is a good idea. Governor Dennis Daugaard and Republican legislators have steadfastly blocked this good idea for three years, largely because they can’t…
Kelly Duncan, Stacy Phelps, thanks for the idea! The Democratic caucus in Pierre is willing to learn from the corruption exposed in the Mid-Central/GEAR UP scandal.…
House Health and Human Services wisely killed House Bill 1076, the unconstitutional DiSanto/Olson proposal to drug test all welfare recipients. GOP mouthpiece Pat Powers offers a good…