Update: We still haven't passed a state budget. Mandy at DakotaWomen reports that our legislators are running scared from Rep. Phil Jensen's major screw-up of HB 1171, the now nationally known "shoot the doc" abortion bill. HB 1171 started as…
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I have a problem with House Joint Resolution 1004. Representative Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City), Senator Larry Rhoden (R-29/Union Center), and many of my favorite conservatives (Haggar, Hickey, Hubbel, Munsterman, Stace Nelson, even my gal Stricherz) want to submit to us…
Congresswoman Noem, pay attention: your former colleagues in the South Dakota State Legislature are threatening your pocketbook. HB 1054 would jack up the penalty for failure to appear: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to increase the amount that the…
Apparently I'm not the only one concerned that the Madison Central School District is pushing the boundaries of election law as it tries to stack the vote on the $16.9-million new gym and high school renovation in its favor. Secretary…
I assumed lying to cops was bad, but AG Jackley wants to make it a crime. At his recommendation, the Judiciary Committee is floating Senate Bill 29 This bill would slap a Class 1 misdemeanor (that's the hard one: up…
Father Tim sighs with dismay at the shrug his local state senators offer to his suggestion that South Dakota should rein in the excessive interest charged by our payday lenders and other financial institutions: Only Sen. Shantel Krebs attempted to…
The Vote Yes for MHS Committee makes it official: displaying a Madison Bulldog logo in any building where voting for the Madison school bond election takes place is a violation of state election law. South Dakota Codified Law 12-18-3 reads…
Holy cow! The American Civil Liberties Union is suing South Dakota over our concealed weapons law. No, the ACLU is not trying to take your guns away. They actually want more people to be able to pack hidden heat... including…