Secretary of State Shantel Krebs and the Board of Elections have sent the South Dakota Legislature three bills to reform the candidate petition review process. The three bills work as a package and must all be passed together to work.…
Posts tagged as “participation”
Toward the end of our conversation on KSOO's Viewpoint University yesterday, Dan Peters and Todd Epp asked me what big news stories we should watch for in 2015. You have my dreamy wishlist; now let me cast a partisan eye…
Time to set up some protest camps in East River! The Public Utilities Commission has received the formal application from Houston-based Dakota Access to build a Bakken oil pipeline across eastern South Dakota. To kick off the permitting process, the…
South Dakota Progress is off and running. Following an initial brainstorm meeting last month following the disappointing midterm election, sixteen activists interested in electing Democrats to local and legislative offices gathered Saturday, December 6, in Rapid City (and by phone)…
The Democratic Forum of Sioux Falls (which sponsors this blog—thank you, friends!) hosts what could be a newsworthy program this Friday. Zach Crago, executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, will deliver what I believe will be his first…
TransCanada's application to renew its permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline is before the Public Utilities Commission, and one important deadline is already upon us. Citizens and organizations seeking party status—i.e., the right to participate in the hearing and…
On Monday, the South Dakota Democratic Party launched a local ad campaign encouraging citizens to call Senator Larry Tidemann and urge him to subpoena Governor Dennis Daugaard, former Governor Mike Rounds, and other state officials who could explain just what…
Hey, Sioux Falls readers! After loads of fun in Spearfish, Piedmont, Manderson, Mission, Eureka, Mitchell, and the Colman backcountry, the rollicking statewide blog tour is now in the great Queen City of East River, Sioux Falls. Here are the big…