To the Honorable Governor Dennis Daugaard, Tomorrow you open the 2016 Session of the South Dakota Legislature with your traditional State of the State Address. In…
Tag: politics
With South Dakota voters successfully placing a whole passel of good democratic measures on the 2016 ballot, Republicans naturally want to continue their assault on South Dakotans’ constitutional…
The South Dakota Democratic Party has hired a new communications director. For the guy they hired, Michael Ewald, that’s probably the headline of the year. From the…
At this rate, Rick Weiland may end up getting more constructive laws passed than Mike Rounds…. Secretary of State Shantel Krebs certified Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson’s open non-partisan…
We’re two steps toward the Rick Weiland trifecta! Yesterday Secretary of State Shantel Krebs certified the Anti-Corruption Act initiative petition. Secretary Krebs calculates that 18,122 out of…
Former Senator Stan Adelstein is holding a press conference this morning in Rapid City to propose his own plan for funding the Blue Ribbon K-12 panel’s…
John Tsitrian reads an RCJ updated version of Bob Mercer’s report on South Dakota’s growing economy and notices what didn’t happen: South Dakota’s 17% increase in the minimum wage…
The good news: Secretary of State Shantel Krebs continues to validate petitions right on the schedule I calculated on Christmas Eve and updated last week. The bad…
Senator Craig Tieszen (R-34/Rapid City) wants to make it harder for non-residents to vote in local elections. Senator Jeff Monroe (R-24/Pierre) wants to make it…
Kurt Evans dropped his Independent bid for U.S. Senate last October. No other Independent has signaled an interest, and we’re still waiting for a Democrat to…