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…
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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…
When I asked Rep. Julie Bartling (D-21/Gregory) what disappointed her most about the 2015 Legislative Session, she cited the Republican leadership’s ongoing exclusion of the Democratic…
Senator Bernie Hunhoff still sees progress being made toward expanding Medicaid, but he says the biggest disappointment of the 2015 Legislative Session is his colleagues’ continued…