Rep. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) thinks South Dakota needs more confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). He pushed legislation, HB 1201, that took effect yesterday making…
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Following the declaration that marriage is a Constitutional right for homosexuals as well as heterosexuals, Bob Ellis declares that America is drowning in a “tide of…
(I know, I know, I’ve been writing a lot the last couple days about our successful referendum petition drives. But now we have an election to win.)…
I love those rare moments when Republicans start connecting the dots of their own rhetoric. Consider this letter from Eureka retiree Cliff Berreth in this morning’s…
Jonathan Ellis writes up our successful referendum drives and gives more ink to quotes from the main opponent of one referendum than he does to anyone who wanted…
Karl Gehrke has invited me onto SDPB Radio’s Dakota Midday today to discuss our two successfully petition drives to place Referred Law 19 (incumbent protection plan) and Referred…
South Dakota Veterans for Veterans failed to gather enough signatures to refer House Bill 1179—South Dakota’s new, expanded definition of “veteran”—to a public vote. Unable to submit…
Two for two! Secretary of State Shantel Krebs just told me that her team has certified the petition to refer Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage,…
SB 69 Referral Creates Timeline Snarl with SB 67: No Court Challenges for Some Nominating Petitions!
Our successful referral of Senate Bill 69—now Referred Law 19!—to a public vote creates the need for the Legislature to conduct some minor yet urgent statutory clean-up…
Not everything went well in Pierre yesterday. Across the street from the Capitol, the South Dakota Board on Geographic Names went back on its earlier support for removing…