Jack Kolbeck “is announcing his re-election” to the District 13 Senate seat. I had to reread that press release from the unreliable SDGOP mouthpiece blog.…
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Not that ignorance of the law is any excuse, but don’t let Larry Rhoden feign ignorance of the campaign finance statute he violated by failing…
At last Saturday’s Legislative candidate forum, Senator Al Novstrup drawled out his usual mushmouthed trope about “relationships.” We hear this every election year from Novstrup:…
The Legislative Research Council has posted the three bills Governor Dennis Daugaard wants passed at the September 12 Special Session. They aren’t in nice neat…
We don’t have bills yet, but we have a rough outline of three proposals for the September 12 Special Session and the procedure by which…
Among the Legislative Executive Board’s diversions yesterday in Pierre was a review of how to make a bill. Here are the flow charts designed by…
The Legislative Research Council will present its new Issue Memorandum on wind energy development to the Legislature’s Executive Board this morning. Some fast facts from…
Tyler Volesky is paying attention to this week’s political news. After joining U.S. House candidate Tim Bjorkman in forswearing PAC money, the District 22 State…
I’m skeptical of the practical effectiveness of Democratic Congressional candidate Tim Bjorkman’s banner pledge not to take PAC money. (For the record, I just got…
Democrats are helping Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard tamp down any election-season concerns about the increase in tax collections the Governor has called on legislators to…