If you think Kathy Tyler was naughty for taking the state job of Democratic House caucus secretary right after leaving her District 4 House seat (and Republicans certainly thought so), then what would you think of a sitting legislator taking…
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Senator Jeff Monroe (R-24/Pierre) made crystal clear what all the guns bills in South Dakota's Legislature are really about. The Pierre Senator opened his commentary on Senate Bill 162, the Capitol gunslinger bill, with this statement: I can see both…
Senator Greenfield Calls Trooper Political Lackey South Dakota Highway Patrol Major Dana Svendsen testified against Senate Bill 162 Thursday. That bill was Senator Brock Greenfield's (R-2/Clark) attempt to allow certain trained legislators to carry weapons in the South Dakota Capitol…
The South Dakota Senate is on its way to agreeing with the House that the primary cause of shortages of teachers and other workers is low pay. Yesterday, Senate Appropriations approved Senate Bill 170, which would raise legislator pay from…
House Appropriations felt like spending money yesterday. The committee heard five bills and approved four of them: House Bill 1147 would spend $1.274 million to increase the merit-based Opportunity Scholarship for university students from $5,000 to $6,500. Governor Dennis Daugaard…
Rep. Rev. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) saw seven bills that he prime-sponsored killed this week, five in committee yesterday. Among them was House Bill 1210, which would have clarified that quora of legislative committees cannot meet privately, including via group…
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…
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…