Looks like Casey Crabtree will get an early appointment to the Legislature. Not only did Democrats not run anyone against him for the District 8…
Tag: state legislature
Senator Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) sweetens my faint pleasure at seeing Republicans police themselves and primary some of their own wingnuts out of office with his…
Long-time Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) says his motto is “Be nice to everyone” and sells his own candidacy by emphasizing the importance of building relationships…
I can rouse some faint pleasure at the defeat of certain Republican yahoos in yesterday’s primary. Faint, faint pleasure. Republican voters chose to replace three…
Sleepy Dayle Hammock can go back to napping in the trees… or working on his sinkhole defense. District 31 voters chose two Republican primary challengers,…
Earlier this month, the Sixth Circuit Court in Pierre reversed Secretary of State Steve Barnett’s rejection of Justyn Hauck’s nominating petition and ordered the Secretary…
Governor Kristi Noem reaffirmed yesterday that she probably won’t call the Legislature into a special session to adjust the budget for coronavirus and recession. At…
Seventeen legislators have signed a letter to Governor Kristi Noem telling her to drop her demand that the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux…
District 7, which is mostly Brookings but includes just enough rural area to let Volga’s Doug Post run, has three-way Republican primary for House. Rep.…
Wait—coronavirus is blowing holes in South Dakota’s budget and everyone else’s, and Governor Kristi Noem says we probably don’t need a Special Session? Governor Kristi…