The Legislature considered 37 bills with emergency clauses in the 2018 Session. 33 of those “emergency” bills reached the Governor’s desk and received his signature.…
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Only four non-major-party candidates—one independent and three Libertarians—have filed petitions to run for Legislature. Independents have until April 24 to file their petitions, but thanks…
The Secretary of State’s updated candidate list shows that Democrats will have at least five House primaries and one Senate primary. Republicans will have eight…
Patrick Lalley and I “engaged in some energetic and entertaining conversation” on KSOO yesterday about the Legislature! Lalley also spoke with cyclist extraordinaire Michael Christensen about…
We can’t make a final count of candidates and primaries yet; the Secretary of State’s office still needs to process petitions that slid through her…
I don’t know what the story is in District 33, but I’m sure there is one. Looking just at the Republican side of the ticket,…
Gack—Kaleb Weis is in! According to the Secretary of State’s official candidate list, the dour, Trumpist Aberdeen Republican filed yesterday to run for House in…
I didn’t drive to Pierre through slush and slop (my red Beetle is currently brown!) just to hear the Executive Board defy its own ranked…
The Legislature may understand ranked choice voting, but that doesn’t mean they follow it. The Legislative Executive Board this afternoon passed over the top vote-getting…
Nobody overrides Dennis Daugaard’s vetoes. Not this year. The South Dakota Legislature convened this morning to consider three gubernatorial vetoes issued Friday. None of the…