Ever since TransCanada plowed its first tar sands oil pipeline across eastern South Dakota, one of my main critiques of pipelines has been private corporations’ ability to use eminent domain…
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South Dakota took the first full legislative swing of 2017 at homosexuals, atheists, gun owners, folks who sleep in on Sunday morning, and other sinners with…
Since the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act includes a provision banning Medicaid from paying for care at Planned Parenthood (because Republican health care reform…
We’ll get at least one good pipeline protest in before Senate Bill 176 takes effect and gives the Governor more power to quash public demonstrations:…
House State Affairs took Senate Bill 176 to the hoghouse this morning. Evidently getting the message that even his Republican majority wasn’t going to trust…
Coming up in House State Affairs this hour is Senate Bill 176, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s attempt to grab the authority to declare martial law for six months in a…
Every now and then, my truly conservative District 3 legislators talk sense. Representative Dan Kaiser and rookie Rep. Drew Dennert both appear to agree with…
…like how the telescreens and Room 101 are for your own good, Winston Smith. Greg Belfrage and I capped our interview this morning with a…
Got some political ants in your pants? Three events this week offer you a chance to scratch that itch. Tomorrow (Monday!) at noon to 1 p.m.Mountain,…
Last week Rep. Tim Goodwin withdrew his offensive House Bill 1145, the vague “no-go zone” bill based on Breitbartian Islamophobia. I’m glad to see that bill…