Democracy won a few battles in the Legislature yesterday. Most notably, the House killed House Bill 1275, which would have required ballot question petitioners to obtain…
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One candidate hoping to march straight from the Women’s March to Pierre is Sheryl Johnson, Democrat for District 11 House. Johnson posts her concern for…
BiPartisan Dakotans, a Rapid City PAC run by Jody Severson and Jeff Masten, has set up a website to counter the Republican Legislature’s war on…
However many of the remaining five initiatives join the three currently certified for the ballot, we could still have a fuller slate of ballot measures…
Deferral to the 41st Legislative day usually means a bill is dead. House Bill 1007, one of the few reasonable, constructive proposals to come out…
If at first you don’t succeed, make it more complicated! Such, apparently, is Representative Drew Dennert’s thinking in taking another swing at writing hunting, fishing,…
The Republican Legislature has moved from sniping at the edges of our initiative power to firing cannons right at the heart of our right to…
Victimless Crime Amendment Also Blocks Prosecution of Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Theft, Terrorist Plots… With five working days left during which legislators and committees can…
We have a fourth constitutional amendment in the Legislative hopper! House Joint Resolution 1002 would give voters a chance to change how we fill vacancies…
I think Stace Nelson is trying to draft me. Senator Stace Nelson has a puzzler in the Legislative hopper. His Senate Joint Resolution 2 would…