Discussion of impeachment may be moot by lunchtime, as Republican leadership’s willingness to file bipartisan articles of impeachment and the Governor’s release of killer Jason…
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My commentary yesterday on the fact that Governor Kristi Noem’s own bill to stall Initiated Measure 26 violates the very single-subject rule that she invoked to…
In another example of how the bad example of Governor Kristi Noem and other leaders actually restricts the freedom and responsibility of South Dakotans trying to…
Speaking of disempowerment by Executive pressure, Mayor Steve Allender of Rapid City sounds unhappy with the state government’s ongoing effort to usurp local control. On Twitter…
Making clear that they have no intention of respecting the will of the voters, not to mention that the initiative process is insufficient to check…
Representative Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) wants to Question Time to the Capitol! Following Governor Kristi Noem’s unusual snub of the local media on the opening…
Rosebud Sioux Tribe member and Representative Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) recognizes the obvious: South Dakota lawmakers don’t know enough about Lakota culture. To address his oppressors’…
After two weeks of work, and with two weeks left to introduce new bills in regular order, the Legislature has thrown 179 bills in the…
The South Dakota Legislature is participating in what we hope is a winter reflourishing of democracy by expanding opportunities for citizen participation in the Legislature.…
I see two bills so far in which the Legislature is directly addressing coronavirus. Last week I mentioned Senate Bill 3, which would extend an…