Speaking of the budget and the Legislature’s legal obligation to increase teacher pay 2% in Fiscal Year 2021, Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) tells the Aberdeen…
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Governor Kristi Noem’s New Year’s Resolutions apparently include bringing flip-flops to work. After letting the Legislature re-assign the State of the Tribes Address from her…
SDSU Extension has released a new online guide to Dakota and Lakota traditional games. I can find no explanation in that guide for the wasicu…
Keep quiet about corruption, get a promotion—that’s the South Dakota way! Governor Kristi Noem announced today that she is promoting Rep. Kyle Schoenfish to take…
Apparently dissatisfied with Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s subpar performance in court, the Legislature’s Executive Board wants to hire its own lawyer to defend the state’s…
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…
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…