Republican Senator Dan Lederman tried to expand video lottery again, and this time, to their credit, his fellow Senators turned him down. Two weeks ago,…
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The 2% increase in K-12 funding is up for a vote in House Appropriations this morning. Senate Bill 53 would increase the per-student allocation from…
Today is the last day for committees to deliver bills to the House and Senate in Pierre. Among the bills that must do or die…
Hat tip to Larry Kurtz! Just the day before House State Affairs o.k.’ed the petition reform package that makes it harder for candidates to get…
Accused of undermining the will of the electorate by proposing a bill to alter the minimum wage passed by South Dakota voters last November, Senator…
According to the Aberdeen American News, Senator David Novstrup “fired back at critics” of his youth minimum wage bill at the final Aberdeen crackerbarrel Saturday.…
After a month-long delay since passage in the Senate, the petition reform package finally moved through House State Affairs Friday. Senate Bills 67, 68, and…
Whatever political game the Republican caucus is playing with sexual abuse of children, Governor Dennis Daugaard has said, knock it off. Yesterday Governor Daugaard announced…
South Dakota Democratic Party chair Ann Tornberg is reveling in the opportunity to remind Governor Dennis Daugaard that he said at the beginning of the…
Want to see Roger Hunt in heels and make-up? Decency prevailed in one corner of the Legislature this week, as the Senate Education Committee killed both…