In yesterday’s rollicking discussion of the new food tax reduction hoghouse bill, rookie Representative Jess Olson (R-34/Rapid City) complained that it is “unfair” to spring…
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Someone, please, check Rep. Arch Beal’s pulse… or maybe his EEG. As I listened to the audio from Friday’s House State Affairs committee hearing on…
Tomorrow is Crossover Day, when legislators must wear the clothing prescribed by Speaker Haugaard for members of the opposite sex— Whoops, sorry, I was tuning…
House Joint Resolution 1001 was a tolerable idea, checking excessive Executive power by allowing the Legislature to determine how Legislative vacancies should be filled. A…
Governor Kristi Noem is burning up a lot of political capital to stop farmers from expanding their crop rotation and their profit margins. The Governor…
The proposal to refer Medicaid expansion to a popular vote in 2020 is just one of six ballot measures the Legislature will consider this week.…
South Dakota’s official nickname used to be “Land of Infinite Variety,” before we decided to brand out prairie state with the name of a mountain.…
Governor Kristi Noem hasn’t completely crushed the spirit of wacky power-grabbing House Republicans. On Friday she told the Legislature drop its push to legalize industrial…
The proliferation of secret hoghouse bills that were among the items spurring Governor Noem to strike up the band-castrator is also bugging House Majority Leader Lee…
Remember how Speaker Steven Haugaard was trumpeting his desire for a stronger Legislature? Governor Kristi Noem is having none of it: By all accounts, Noem…