Hey, Plan B was supposed to have five initiatives. I only see four. What gives? As we discussed yesterday, marijuana advocates have proposed four legalization…
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Alas, anti-democratic forces in North Dakota are copying the bad ideas of South Dakota Republicans in an attempt to shackle the people’s power to initiate…
With Amendment A still hung up in court, marijuana advocates are readying Plan B. Yesterday the folks who brought us Amendment A to constitutionalize marijuana…
Democracy scored an important victory last week when the Legislature killed Governor Kristi Noem’s plan to delay Initiated Measure 26, the medical marijuana plan approved…
Just yesterday, the A.G.’s statement for the independent redistricting initiative popped up on the Secretary of State’s website. The letter is dated and stamped received…
My commentary yesterday on the fact that Governor Kristi Noem’s own bill to stall Initiated Measure 26 violates the very single-subject rule that she invoked to…
House State Affairs passed the first step in undoing Initiated Measure 26 on Wednesday. The committee heard and approved Speaker Spencer Gosch’s (R-23/Glenham) hoghouse amendment…
The war on initiative and referendum continues, and Republicans are winning. Senate Bill 77: Thinking Go Big or Go Home, Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) upped his…
Amendment A is toast, for now. Sixth Circuit Judge Christina Klinger yesterday nullified South Dakotans’ vote to write recreational marijuana, industrial hemp, and the regulation…
Governor Kristi Noem’s lawyers went to court to fight Amendment A, South Dakota’s impending marijuana constitutionalization. On one key point, the Attorney General’s office, which…