Republican Senators Casey Crabtree and Lee Schoenbeck are justifying the Senate’s suspension of Senator Julie-Frye-Mueller by likening it to the action any employer would take…
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On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree (R-8/Madison) announced that Senate leaders had chosen these nine Senators to serve on the Select Committee on Discipline…
In a move possibly as historic as its conviction and removal from office last June of killer Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, the South Dakota Senate…
In more sound and fury signifying nothing, the South Dakota Freedom Caucus hooted and hollered last week about bills introduced at the request of the…
The first bill killed in the 2023 Session is House Bill 1001, which sought to restore the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s ability to subpoena…
The South Dakota Republican Party machine has scared Representative Kevin Jensen (R-16/Canton) out of his bid for party chair. But the conflict of interest the…
The South Dakota House of Representatives held is own contested vote for Speaker of the House this week. The vote differed significantly from the McCarthy/monkeywrencher…
As a New Year’s present, the Legislative Research Council posted a measly three pre-filed bills on 2023 Session Bills page. I was starting to worry…
If you’re going to criticize Kristi Noem for extravagant travel on the taxpayers’ dime, you’ve got to avoid extravagantly traveling on the taxpayers’ dime yourself.…