Rep. Patricia Stricherz (R-8/Winfred) is contending for the title of My Favorite Republican in this year's Legislative session... which I suspect means she'll get more cold shoulder from her fellow District 8 Republican Russell Olson. Rep. Stricherz is already poking…
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Today's ad hoc subcommittee hearing called by the Legislature's Executive Board may be a wash. The two key legislators pushing for an investigation of the GOP House leadership for violations of confidentiality, Reps. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) and Stace Nelson…
The allegations of ethics violations by the South Dakota House Republican leadership receive their first official hearing on Tuesday, January 3, as a subcommittee of the Legislature's Executive Board meets to hear testimony "in Regard to Legislative Research Council Work…
Last year, State Representative and anti-environmental lawyer Lance Russell helped engineer a legal settlement under which his mother, Carolyn Fines, acquired a valuable chunk of Black Hills land that includes $95,000 worth of uranium leases with a Canadian company called…
No wonder Powertech was so eager to eliminate South Dakota's permitting authority over uranium mining: Powertech can't survive regulatory scrutiny. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has suspended its safety review of Powertech's proposed uranium mining operation in the southern Black…
State Representative Lance Russell's censure for unprofessional and illegal activity as Fall River County state's attorney is troubling to those of us who believe in fair execution of justice. The inability of Rep. Russell's fellow legislators to find his misconduct…
When Will Legislature Hold Special Session to Expel? Here's another one Dakota War College won't touch: Representative Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) has been publicly censured for illegal activity as state's attorney of Fall River County in 2008. The multiple wrongdoings…