Governor Kristi Noem’s first executive order in 2019 reorganized two state agencies, moving the Office of Indian Education our of the Department of Education and…
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The Legislature’s public hearings on how we ought to spend our coronavirus relief dollars must have been pushing Senators to join their House colleagues in…
I thought that if we called a Special Session, the Legislature might do a better job of using our CARES Act dollars better than Governor…
Increased sales tax revenues aren’t dissuading legislators from supporting Governor Kristi Noem’s plan to direct the biggest chunk yet of South Dakota’s federal coronavirus relief…
I’m concerned about Governor Kristi Noem’s push to bury the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the pro-business Department of Agriculture. The South Dakota…
Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) offered the bright idea yesterday that, instead of sitting around waiting to see what Congress might do about the deadline…
On the downside, Brown County Democrats failed to find anyone willing to challenge Al Novstrup and the GOP slime machine for the District 3 Senate…
I wholeheartedly support Speaker Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls) in his bid to reassert the Legislature’s coequal status in South Dakota government by calling for a…
Equality South Dakota has issued its endorsements for the 2020 general election. Dan Ahlers gets the nod over junior Senator Marion Michael Rounds, who didn’t…
Governor Kristi Noem has damaged state-tribal relations with her vigorous attacks on tribal efforts to protect their communities from coronavirus with highway checkpoints. The Legislature’s…