The Legislature passed the Fiscal Year 2023 budget last week on the basis of a compromise with House Republicans that restricts the Governor’s authority to…
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The Legislature wisely rejected Governor Kristi Noem’s attempt to unconstitutionally rewrite House Bill 1217 under the thin guise of a “style-and-form veto.” The House threw…
When coronavirus broke out last March, Governor Kristi Noem didn’t call a Special Session until October; even then, she didn’t ask for any new legislation,…
Governor Kristi Noem really has difficulty understanding the difference between style and substance. When she should be offering substantive and comprehensive policy action to deal…
I woke up this morning thinking two things: I gotta pee, and we gotta appeal the overturning of Amendment A. The former problem was easily resolved.…
Donald Trump is threatening to defund the military rather than take the names of Confederate traitors off American military bases, or so he threatened last…
Governor Kristi Noem is exercising a novel form of pocket veto on the budget and spending bills still on her desk. She signed the FY2021…
Hey! Governor Kristi Noem vetoed another bill… and it’s not the hemp bill! (At tonight’s count, that one, House Bill 1008, is still sitting ominously…
Last week Governor Kristi Noem vetoed two bills that passed with near unanimity. House Bill 1012 and House Bill 1013 sought to clean up 194…
House Majority Leader Lee Qualm is surprised that Governor Kristi Noem is already threatening to veto any industrial hemp legislation months before the 2020 Session…