The first bills of the 2018 Legislative Session are in the hopper! As of this morning, I find 23 Senate bills, 15 House bills, and…
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Mickelson, Mickelson, Mickelson—I’m not obsessed; the Republican Speaker of our House is just making lots of news! Speaker Mickelson wants the Legislature to put a…
Senator Jim Bolin presented the Initiative and Referendum Task Force’s mostly bad reforms to the Legislature’s Executive Board Monday. Speaker and E-Board chairman G. Mark Mickelson…
Speaker of the House G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) says he wants the Legislature to offer voters a chance to repeal the crime victims bill…
Senator Jim Bolin keeps crying that we need to protect our state constitution, and yesterday the interim task force on initiative and referendum mostly agreed…
Senator Jim Bolin joins his colleagues Rep. Tim Reed and Senator Ernie Otten in the continuing Republican war against people power. Even though he said…
In an unusual announcement for a ballot question committee, Represent South Dakota says that, as of August 12, it had collected 16,484 petition signatures, over…
That’s unexpected: Attorney General Marty Jackley issued another ballot question explanation yesterday, this time for a revised version of the Voter Initiative Protection (VIP) Amendment.…
…But We South Dakotans Like Changing Our Constitution! Senator Jim Bolin wants to make it harder to amend the South Dakota Constitution. Last Session, Senator…
The Legislature’s interm task force on initiative and referendum convenes again tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 a.m. Central in Pierre. At the same time, Donald Trump’s…