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…
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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…
Senator Lee Schoenbeck and rookie Representative Will Mortenson join this year’s cycle of the Republican war on people power with Senate Bill 86, which appears…
For Christmas, Bob Mercer gives us the briefs filed by both the Attorney General’s office and South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws to rebuff the…
Governor Kristi Noem is using Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom and South Dakota Highway Patrol Colonel Rick Miller as plaintiff-pawns in a crazy ploy to…
Last week Governor Kristi Noem vetoed two bills that passed with near unanimity. House Bill 1012 and House Bill 1013 sought to clean up 194…
For those of you worried that the amendment Senate Joint Resolution 502 would put to the voters, a plan to let counties invest a fifth…
I’ve said many times I won’t exert myself heavily for or against marijuana policy. But now that we have to vote on two pot initiatives,…