Kristi Noem has a chance to bring some federal gravy to South Dakota. The Legislature’s State-Tribal Relations Committee is recommending that the person 18th in…
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Someone arranged for four out-of-state witnesses to spend three hours yesterday telling the Legislature’s interim committee on medical marijuana how bad medical marijuana is. Pot…
The right-wing mugwumps trying to put the brakes on economic development/corporate welfare in South Dakota threw another minor fit yesterday, trying unsuccessfully via the Legislative…
Representative Peri Pourier’s (R-27/Pine Ridge) announcement of her switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party was strangely unspecific to the state of politics…
The big Special Session on the new prison is coming up Tuesday. Governor Larry Rhoden is thus loading up lawmakers and the voters with numbers…
One of the arguments Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) has made in his ongoing war against initiative and referendum is that he…
In a pleasing step toward greater public access, the Legislature’s Executive Board voted unanimously last week to stream live video from more committee rooms during…
Governor Larry Rhoden has been minding the store and sweeping up the messes Corey Lewandowski’s next-door neighbor and front woman left for just over six…
In addition to the Joint Rules, the House and Senate each of their own rules. The proposed Senate Rules for this Session include one little…
As reported in Friday’s Senate Journal, the Legislature is considering a few changes to their Joint Rules. Noteworthily: The House and Senate appear inclined to…