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…
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I’m still a teetotaler, but after watching Donald Trump spend down years of American geopolitical capital in one week to cash his ego checks, I…
Who needs Saturday Night Live? The floor debate leading up to the Senate’s 27–8 vote to repeal Initiated Measure 22 with the doubly unconstitutional (multi-subject, bogus emergency clause) House…
Senator John Thune says Trump screwed up, a little, with his executive order on immigration: “The way in which this particular executive order was rolled out has…
…and Other HB 1069 Notes The Legislature’s effort to overturn the will of the people and repeal the Anti-Corruption Act is largely an expression of Republican…
If there are folks in Lawrence County who like the idea of the state acquiring more land in the heart of Spearfish Canyon and turning…
Representative Larry Rhoden adds Ethics Lite to the mix of legislative proposals competing to tell South Dakota voters how they should have done ethics reform. House Bill…
Plus Bonus Advice for Machiavellian Republicans! Supporters of IM22 and direct democracy, your calls and letters to your legislators may be working. After three days of…
Senator Lance Russell wants to ensure teachers can talk about creationism and other religious hokum in science class, but by gum, if we teachers open our…
Senator Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) is reintroducing the “no sex with interns” rule that the Joint Legislative Procedure Committee and the full Senate rejected two weeks ago.…