The South Dakota Legislature has failed another moral test. This afternoon the House gave final approval* to Senate Bill 149, an overly broad “Sharia for Jesus” wedge…
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Senate State Affairs backed away from declaring Lutheran Social Services unfit to help refugees yesterday. After hearing from seven proponents and seventeen opponents on Senate Concurrent…
The Senate showed its wisdom yesterday—and again, Al Novstrup showed his fecklessness as Majority Whip—by defeating House Bill 1130, the attempt by Novstrup and prime…
In another blow to people power, the House voted 53–14 Monday to pass Senate Bill 59. This attack on our ability to make laws through initiative moves the…
A couple weeks ago, Senator Stace Nelson [R-19/Fulton] and eleven Legislative colleagues raised a stink about carcass bills and vote-trading. In a Valentine’s Day letter to Marty Jackley, Nelson…
What do Trumpy men like Neal Tapio and Al Novstrup have in common with Osama bin Laden and radicalized Muslims? This is not a joke. This…
My District 3 Senator, Al Novstrup, spoke lengthily during the campaign about how his warm and fuzzy relationships with his fellow legislators would help him get things done in…
Representative Don Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) has made his effort to get legislators in the way of the people’s right to initiate laws a little better, but not…