The Legislature passed nine new laws this year that weaken our right to vote on laws and constitutional amendments. We will have two chances in…
Tag: South Dakota
Billie Sutton isn’t getting a break from outside observers. Our Democratic candidate for Governor hasn’t budged in Governing‘s handicapping of the race. Last October, Louis Jacobson…
The Legislature considered 37 bills with emergency clauses in the 2018 Session. 33 of those “emergency” bills reached the Governor’s desk and received his signature.…
Only four non-major-party candidates—one independent and three Libertarians—have filed petitions to run for Legislature. Independents have until April 24 to file their petitions, but thanks…
The Secretary of State’s updated candidate list shows that Democrats will have at least five House primaries and one Senate primary. Republicans will have eight…
We can’t make a final count of candidates and primaries yet; the Secretary of State’s office still needs to process petitions that slid through her…
Since he’s not running for District 13 House again, G. Mark Mickelson will spend more of his time this summer and fall persuading us that…
A glutton for punishment that even I didn’t want to incur, Megan Raposa analyzes the “new” South Dakota K-12 curriculum standards and finds, unsurprisingly, that…
Oh, dread capitalist tyranny: Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to…
Candidates, committees, and donors don’t have to worry too much about changes in South Dakota’s campaign finance laws. The South Dakota Legislature considered eleven bills…