Republican legislators have been trying to placate crackerbarrel crowds made grouchy by the repeal of Initiated Measure 22 by promising to pass replacement bills that will enact the policies voters…
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Three months ago, Governor Dennis Daugaard said the state revenue outlook wasn’t great. Today, his Bureau of Finance and Management tells us the revenue outlook is worse…
I kid you not. At yesterday’s crackerbarrel in Watertown, rookie Rep. Neal Tapio (R-5/Watertown responded to a question about getting rid of Medicaid by saying (timestamp…
As another sign that the Republican Party has been hijacked by Trumpy activists with commitment to no principles, 73 party activists chose a foreign agent of Saudi Arabia who…
Dan Lederman’s pal, political crony, and sometime bail bonds employee Pat Powers seems to think Lederman’s effort to oust Pam Roberts from the SDGOP chair is newsworthy. The…
Senator R. Blake Curd did something nice this week. The Republican Majority Leader had the opportunity to appoint a replacement for fellow Republican Drew Duncan on…
The President of the United States took sides in the Super Bowl, but he seems remarkably ambivalent about picking sides between the country he quarterbacks…
The single truest statement of today’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel came from Senator Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark): Every time someone’s made a comment today that’s anti-Legislature, it’s been…
On my front step this morning: We’ll honor you voters, say our Republican legislators, after overturning a law we voted on and approved less than three…
Governor Dennis Daugaard signed House Bill 1069 yesterday, thus making the “emergency” repeal of Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, the first enacted bill of the 2017…