Brookings is trying to counter the bad press our yahoo Legislature and milquetoast Governor* are bringing to our state. On Tuesday, the Brookings City Council,…
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Congratulations to Al and David Novstrup, who have the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s Entrepreneurs of the Year Award. Son David was present to accept the…
For those of you worried that the amendment Senate Joint Resolution 502 would put to the voters, a plan to let counties invest a fifth…
South Dakota News Watch has a story about concerns that the Legislative Research Council’s new electronic bill management system “has made the legislative process less…
Representative Lee Qualm is confused. The Republican Majority Leader from Platte tells the press that he’s disappointed that social issues dominate the South Dakota Legislature:…
I write a lot about the time-wasting culture-war bills that Republicans use to distract us from real problems and bully non-conforming minorities out of our…
If we could put videos on picket signs, protestors at today’s equality rally (Sioux Falls, Nelson Park, 12:30 CDT) would want to march with this…
The Legislature managed to pass three bills through both chambers in January, and remarkably, none of them are awful. Two of the three fast-passers are…
Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) is doing the people’s work in Pierre. Yesterday he filed two bills, Senate Bill 102 and Senate Bill 112, to…
In honor of Editor Heidelberger’s big win against HB 1094’s registry for petition circulators, here is an idea for a bill the South Dakota Legislature…