Senator Jeff Monroe (R-24/Pierre) thinks increasing teacher pay to address the number-one crisis in K-12 education, the teacher shortage, is dead on arrival. But he thinks the…
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Senator Craig Tieszen (R-34/Rapid City) wants to make it harder for non-residents to vote in local elections. Senator Jeff Monroe (R-24/Pierre) wants to make it…
The latest Dakota Free Press poll finds strong support for tax reform in South Dakota. I offered you ten proposals that came up in our discussion of…
NEW: Legislative Tracker! Ever wonder how to keep track of what we’ve said and where we stand on the hundreds of bills that come before…
Why didn’t Jason Gant think of this? Secretary of State Shantel Krebs sends House Bill 1009 to the Local Government committee for the Legislature’s consideration. HB…
As promised, the latest Dakota Free Press poll asks you, dear readers, to vote on proposals you’d like the South Dakota Legislature to pass in 2016. I offer…
Hail, South Dakota, a great state of the land! Cronyism, secrets, and tax-dodging—that’s what makes her grand! That song came to mind the last time…
House Bill 1001 would pull South Dakota out of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, a non-profit formed in 1991 to help postsecondary institutions from the Dakotas to Missouri…
When Rep. Fred Deutsch (R-4/Florence) first floated his potty bill last month, I noted the principles behind Rep. Deutsch’s urgent need to ban transgender students from the…
Just what I wanted in my Christmas stocking—the first bills of the 2016 Legislative Session! HB, SB, whee whee whee! Now listed on the website that…