I am pleasantly surprised to find the Legislative hopper freshly stocked on a weekend. I am unpleasantly surprised to find the Legislative Research Council has…
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In 2016, the Legislature established the State of the Tribes Address as a symbolic gesture of respect for our Native neighbors, as well as an…
Did Governor Kristi Noem just slip up and appoint another supporter of universal preschool to the South Dakota Legislature? Noem announced on New Year’s Eve…
The Executive Branch already gets two big speeches before the Legislature: the Governor delivers her budget address by the first Tuesday after the first Monday…
The report on November general fund receipts from the Legislative Research Council shows that a timing glitch in insurance company tax and a pleasant imbalance…
I know one thing Secretary of Education Ben Jones needs to improve: his slides design. Take a look at what Secretary Jones threw up on…
Governor Kristi Noem’s hempophobia appears to be contagious among legislators. New Noem Senate appointee Helene Duhamel (R-32/Rapid City) runs right down Noem’s irrational line against…
Governor Kristi Noem is trying to sound like a moderate, saying she’s open to legalizing industrial hemp if it’s done right. But don’t be fooled;…
Northwestern Area school superintendent Ryan Bruns is showing South Dakota educators how to properly respond to Governor Kristi Noem’s illegal betrayal of the sales-tax-for-teacher-pay promise…
Senate President Pro-Tem Brock Greenfield (R-2/Clark) staged a coup against a coup Tuesday. In the middle of the morning session of the Legislature’s Executive Board…