The Pennington County Republicans send me their list of committee chairs for the 2015–2016 term: Membership: Burton Sly Events: David Fisk Media: David Johnson Bylaws and Ethics: David Johnson Technical Director: Doug Dlugosz Fundraising: Perry and Gretchen Strombeck Hill City…
Posts published in February 2015
Rep. Kristi Noem has long touted big government in the form of the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System. Her latest press release on the long-delayed project celebrates spending almost three times more on Lewis and Clark than socialist redistributionist…
The South Dakota Family Coalition for Compassion failed to find a legislative champion for its proposal to legalize medical cannabis. Melissa Mentele of SDFCC says her group is fine tuning the bill they drafted to circulate as an initiated measure.…
Rep. Kristi Noem says she is "thrilled to put Keystone XL pipeline legislation on the President's desk." She apparently is just as thrilled to put a dangerous and unnecessary pipeline on South Dakota farmers' and ranchers' land via eminent domain.…
It wouldn't be a South Dakota Legislative Session without lots of talk about guns. We have five bills easing or outright repealing our concealed weapons rules. Three have passed the House. Awaiting its first hearing is Senate Bill 162, which…
Some legislators want to boost student privacy online at school. Others sought to reduce student privacy with school counselors. House Bill 1077 would have allowed parents to waive the confidentiality between a school counselor and their children under age 16.…
There is another sign that House Bill 1216, the repeal of the property tax cap, will not pass: the Governor doesn't support it. He sent Mike Houdyshell from the Department of Revenue to offer the only opponent testimony in House…
Rep. Dennis Feickert (D-1/Aberdeen) brings House Bill 1216, which would repeal the cap on property tax increases for counties, townships, and other taxing districts. Under SDCL 10-13-35, local governments may not boost property tax revenues by the lesser of 3%…