While South Dakota’s Republican leadership wallows in denial, other state legislatures are taking concrete action in response to allegations of sexual misconduct. Republican leaders in…
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Remember the March for Science last April? National organizers are making the next logical step that every anti-Trumpist protest movement must now make, turning all…
Josh Silver, founder and director of Represent.US, sees Maine Governor Paul LePage’s refusal to implement the voter-approved Medicaid expansion until the Legislature pays for it…
Lt. Gov. Matt Michels continues to staunchly resist allegations from multiple sources that sexual harassment is a big problem in our Legislature. The President of…
Former Democratic legislator Quinten Burg questions the folksy aw-shucks-ery we hear from some legislators about their part-time status as lawmakers: Legislators who fully understand their…
Senator Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) provides evidence that, whatever corruption may have taken place in the past, Pierre has gotten its act together and will not…
LEAD South Dakota co-founder Carmen Toft went on KSOO yesterday for a good conversation with Patrick Lalley about women in politics and the culture of…
Elect more women, ban free booze—while we wait for those not-entirely-utopian proposals to come to pass, perhaps the Legislature can adopt Samantha Spawn’s simple suggestion…
During its conference call today, the Government Operations and Audit Committee will discuss a sixteen-page draft of its annual report. Discussion of the GEAR UP/Mid-Central…
I’ve been reviewing an updated summary of FY2017 legislator travel reimbursements provided by the Legislative Research Council. This updated list includes “miscellaneous” charges along with transportation,…