In one of the rare instances of merit leading to power in contemporary South Dakota politics, Lee Schoenbeck gets to be Senate King because he…
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Which Republicans have the strongest mandates to legislate? Here are the five Republican Senators who won their districts by the highest percentages: Sen. Kyle Schoenfish…
When the best Democrats can say is that things didn’t get any worse, it’s been another depressing election. South Dakota Democrats have gained one seat…
To no one’s surprise, legislators have not mustered the two-thirds majorities in both chambers to call a Special Session to enact Governor Kristi Noem’s election-season…
In another example of the Noem Administration’s failure to consult with stakeholders, the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee once again rejected the Department of Labor and…
KELO-TV is asking all Legislative candidates to answer two questions on abortion policy: South Dakota’s current abortion law makes the procedure illegal with an exception…
It’s easy for South Dakota legislators to bully LGBT South Dakotans with discriminatory legislation as a ploy to fire up their right-wing base when there…
A week after announcing emergency pay raises to prevent the staffing shortage in our state prisons from getting even worse, Governor Kristi Noem announced pay…
Tom Lawrence does excellent work documenting the substance of the conversation that Leah Bothamley and Tiffany Campbell attempted to have with Governor Kristi Noem at…
Cully Williams digs through Session Laws and sketches South Dakota Legislative districts throughout history. Williams’s maps show everything from the first legislative map of 1889,…