The federal government has approved Governor Dennis Daugaard’s suggestion that Indian Health Service pick up the tab for American Indian patients who seek additional care at non-IHS…
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Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) isn’t letting the illegitimi carborund him. Bob Mercer reports that Rep. Schoenbeck has rescinded his resignation promise and will see out the remainder of the 2016 Session: Before…
Rep. Isaac Latterell (R-6/Tea) continues to play out his Minuteman fantasies. On Wednesday, he brought his third (see also 2015 and 2014) resolution calling for an Article V Constitutional…
Senate Appropriations approved House Bill 1182, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s extra half-ercentage point sales tax to fund competitive teacher pay, in a 7–2 vote this morning. The two nays came from two…
Holy cow—is the process working? Are Republican legislators realizing they could lose their seats if they don’t listen to the people and the law? Rep.…
The Senate yesterday approved Senator Phyllis Heineman’s stealth voucher bill, Senate Bill 159, on a 24–11 vote. I note with dismay the two Democrats—Jim Bradford and Bernie…
House Majority “Leader” Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) is not having a banner week for leadership. His effort to bully Rep. Lee Schoenbeck out of caucus…
The House convenes in mere minutes. Among the 20 House bills they must clear on this Crossover Day is one big stinker, House Bill 1161, the…
Don’t expect me to celebrate the Senate’s mild watering dow of the fetal-pain abortion ban yesterday. Senate Bill 72 is still a bad bill, based on bad science, and…