The last couple pages of the Legislative Research Council's 2014 Statistical Comparison offer a summary of the funds appropriated by the South Dakota Legislature every year since statehood. The 1890 Legislature appropriated $438,708 to the general fund. In the coming…
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Rep. Paula Hawks (D-9/Hartford) is excited about Rep. Susan Wismer's victory in the Democratic gubernatorial primary: "She gives us all something to be really proud of and be really excited about," Hawks said. With political aspirations of her own, Hawks…
The South Dakota Constitution allows Deadwood to conduct gambling on the condition that the city use the proceeds for historic restoration and preservation. Black Hills native Eric Zimmer writes that Deadwood and the First Gold casino may be violating the…
Governor Dennis Daugaard just spotted his opponents five points. Maybe ten. In 2010, candidate Dennis Daugaard promised no new taxes: A recession is not the time to raise taxes. I will not raise taxes as governor. I will not support…
Orland organic ag magnate Charlie Johnson opines Socratically on the "community" thrift store being built on Madison's Main Street: Does anyone know if there was ever a professional study and/or survey taken verifying the feasibility of a new thrift store…
Kevin Woster reports on a fun twist in South Dakota political history. He finds that Ted Muenster, a Democrat who tried to unseat Larry Pressler from the Senate in 1990, has been gathering signatures for Pressler to run as an…
Pretty near everybody in the Legislature wants us to vote on term limits this year. But we have two dueling resolutions that take Legislative term limits in different directions. House Joint Resolution 1002 would loosen South Dakota's term limits to…
This is how Republicans rebrand themselves to win the youth vote: by ratifying a Constitutional Amendment that has been law since the Nixon era. The 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, passed Congress in March 1971.…