The South Dakota Legislature plans to convene in Special Session November 8 to further gerrymander its own districts and ensure Republican domination of our lawmaking…
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Speaker Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) is so mad at Representative Shawn Bordeaux for being an uppity Indian that he’s not satisfied with removing Bordeaux as chair…
Only in South Dakota do white legislators get to cancel a committee meant to promote better interracial relations by branding its Lakota chairman as racist:…
A new poll from South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy shows just how out of step Senator Al Novstrup and his anti-democracy…
GOP Appropriators Concerns Unfounded: DOE Never Intended to Seek Federal Grants for Civics Education
Republican Appropriators made a fuss over nothing last week when they issued a grandstanding letter to the Department of Education last week warning them not…
Be still my beating heart: some South Dakota legislators actually want to turn down federal money! Yesterday’s Joint Appropriations meeting included a passel of “letters of…
This sounds familiar: the Legislature is convening an interim committee to study workforce housing. Three legislators (Rep. Perry, Sen. Diedrich, Rep. Weisgram) proposed studying why…
Governor Kristi Noem couldn’t rally support from her own Republican Legislative leaders to come spend a couple extra days in Pierre shouting at transgender kids.…
No need to keep buying Lee Schoenbeck drinks: the Senate President Pro-Tem’s resistance to rehashing a transgender athlete ban has forced bully-Governor Kristi Noem to flip-flop…
The Legislature wisely rejected Governor Kristi Noem’s attempt to unconstitutionally rewrite House Bill 1217 under the thin guise of a “style-and-form veto.” The House threw…