Assuming the crews get I-90 and SD 34 plowed, the Legislature will be back in Session tomorrow. If you’re interested in democracy and white-knuckle driving,…
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However many of the remaining five initiatives join the three currently certified for the ballot, we could still have a fuller slate of ballot measures…
South Dakota’s theocrats seem to be so distracted by their fractious spat over an Article V convention that they let this year’s transgender war in…
Out-of-State Money Cap Narrowly Passes on Second Vote A funny thing happened Tuesday to Rep. Spencer Gosch’s House Bill 1216, his recycled cap on out-of-state…
In 2016, Secretary of State Shantel Krebs was able to plow through eight ballot question petitions by February 4. This year, Secretary Krebs has finished reviewing…
Oh look! New revenue targets: The top sheet is the new official guess of how much general fund revenue South Dakota will take in this…
I rarely agree with Rep. Isaac Latterell. But he has made at least one good choice this Session: growing out his beard! The guy on…
Deferral to the 41st Legislative day usually means a bill is dead. House Bill 1007, one of the few reasonable, constructive proposals to come out…
In more evidence that Drew Dennert and I occasionally tune in to the same wavelength, I open a question by saying, “Cow poop,” and our…
At today’s crackerbarrel in Aberdeen, Senator Brock Greenfield professed the Socratic wisdom of the South Dakota Legislature: Local lobbyist Julie Johnson had asked “anybody who…