Kristi Noem’s campaign claims Jamie Smith has violated campaign finance law and “illegally deposited over half-a-million dollars in contributions.” Team Noem gets it half right.…
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The court challenge to the nominating petitions of District 7 Democratic House candidates Bill Adamson and Zach Kovach that I reported over a month ago…
Independent District 7 House candidate Cory Ann Ellis is going to court to boot her Democratic opponents Bill Adamson and Zachary Kovach off the November…
When Secretary of State Shantel Krebs rejected Democratic candidate Mary Perpich’s nominating petition for District 7 Senate due to Rep. Spencer Hawley’s invalid notary seal,…
It looks like Pat Powers got it right: Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has kicked Democrat Mary Perpich off the District 7 Senate ballot. I…
The bicameral system proved its worth yesterday, as House State Affairs killed a goofy Second Amendment wedge measure that mostly coasted through the Senate. Senator…
Lori Stacey’s right: the House messed up House Bill 1286 yesterday. What started as Secretary of State Shantel Krebs’s emergency bill to moot the ballot…
The South Dakota Legislature has finally caught up with other states and decided to offer training on “legislative ethics, professionalism, and sexual harassment.” All legislators…
When House Bill 1141 hit the hopper, I complained that prime sponsor Representative David Lust was picking too many insiders who view ballot measure as…
I told them not to do it. The GOP spin blog told them not to do it. But twenty legislators have done it: they have chosen to cave to…