You’d think unchecked power would have more appeal. Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave (R-25/Baltic) and Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dan Lederman (R-16/Dakota Dunes) commanded a Republican…
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Governor Daugaard thinks we should tax amateur baseball coaches on the work they do for kids. To that end, he vetoed Senate Bill 159. Yesterday,…
Did it really take Dan Lederman seven sessions to realize he was failing at balancing family life and political life? Or did he just need to mouth…
The Muslim Community Center in Sioux Falls is expanding, Muslims are praying at the Sioux Falls airport, and ISIS has included an Ellsworth AFB soldier on…
Of all the bills he could have and should have vetoed, Governor Dennis Daugaard yesterday chose to veto three tax cuts. They were niggly favors for…
Governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed three of the eight bills still on his desk this morning: Senate Bills 100, 136, and 159. Senate Bill 100 would have…
I rode my bike to the courthouse to get my license plate tags yesterday. (Pause. Enjoy.) My renewal isn’t due until the end of May,…
Governor Dennis Daugaard has named the first thirteen members of his new Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students (what’s our pronounceable acronym: BluRT-FTS?):…
Rep. Fred Deutsch (R-4/Florence) submits this photo of one of the better bill signings this session: On March 11, Governor Dennis Daugaard signed House Bill…
There I go talking to Republicans again. Rep. Tona Rozum (R-20/Mitchell) doesn’t share Rep. Tom Brunner’s (R-29/Nisland) heartburn over Senate Bill 1, the big road…