On Monday, Attorney General Marty Jackley appointed former lawman and legislator Gene Abdallah to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Before Abdallah takes that seat,…
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The number of women raising concerns about a sexually hostile work environment in the South Dakota Legislature, coupled with the sleazy behavior in which former…
Former legislator Fred Deutsch responded to Dana Ferguson and Megan Raposa’s remarkable, well-sourced report on sexual harassment and the culture of sexism in our Capitol…
South DaCola says we shouldn’t have to wait for more women to get elected to clean up the sexism in our State Capitol; Governor Dennis…
Angie Buhl O’Donnell and Samantha Spawn opened the door to a conversation about sexism in the Capitol with their accusations of sexual harassment and assault.…
Alas, South Dakota isn’t the only state with a Capitol hostile to women. Daniel C. Vock’s new article in Governing says female lawmakers in California, Rhode…
We knew the Republicans on Senator Jordan Youngberg’s interim task force on campaign finance would never let Democrats sneak the old IM 22 camapign finance…
Quartz offers a remarkable summary of Donald Trump’s war on women. Tying together cuts in foreign aid for reproductive health, the cancellation of a plan…
The campaign finance draft legislation I was looking for last week is finally up on the Government Accountability Task Force’s website, just in time for…
Remember last March when Bob Mercer said sexual misconduct is not unusual in Pierre? Former legislator Angie Buhl O’Donnell and current lobbyist Samantha Spawn both…