Rep. Peggy Gibson (D-22/Huron) is ready to do some serious work in Pierre this session. Responding to her legislative colleagues' inaction on the EB-5 scandal, Rep. Gibson writes in last Wednesday's Plainsman that South Dakota needs an ethics commission to…
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Democratic women may be leading the charge in holding the Governor's Office of Economic Development accountable for the financial misconduct and whatever other corruption the feds may be investigating in the GOED/EB-5/Northern Beef Packers scandal. Rep. Kathy Tyler (D-4/Big Stone…
Rep. Peggy Gibson (D-22/Huron) is asking Secretary of State Jason Gant to look into whether the South Dakota Municipal League is using taxpayer dollars to advocate a Yes vote on Referred Law 14. The Municipal League, which is funded primarily…
At least a couple of South Dakota legislators reviewing their 2012 Interim Study Survey were surprised to find a couple of items missing. Rep. Stace Nelson (R-25, now 19/Fulton) had submitted a proposal that the Legislature dedicate some summer study…
School Administrators of South Dakota exec John Pedersen continues his series of videos with movers and shakers in education with this January 20 interview with Rep. Peggy Gibson (D-22/Huron). Former superintendent Pedersen talks with former teacher Gibson about Governor Dennis…
The Cooperative Extension Service and land grant universities across the country are taking budget hits. She probably doesn't remember it, but Congresswoman Kristi Noem has already voted to cut millions from the USDA's research, education, and extension budget. Her House…
Three prominent South Dakota legislators are asking the state attorney general to determine whether cuts to the state's Cooperative Extension Service violate federal law. Rep. Frank Kloucek (D-19/Scotland), Rep. Peggy Gibson (D-22/Huron), and Sen. Jason Frerichs (D-1/Wilmot) have asked A.G.…
In floor debate yesterday, Rep. Peggy Gibson (D-22/Huron) gave the most compelling argument against South Dakota's abortion-oppression bill, HB 1217. Rep. Gibson deserves a blog post of her own. I paraphrase extensively her courageous rebuttal to the woman-hating, big-government hogwash…