Update 15:44 MST: Senator Russell Olson responds... even more arrogantly than I expected he would: If you would like my comments and/or position on this bill, or any other bill, please submit them to my email account Sen.RussellOlson@state.sd.us I use…
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Governor Dennis Daugaard continues to demonstrate the absolute absence of principle or consistency in his education reforms. In the new "compromise" version of HB 1234 (wait: compromise? how is it compromise when the Governor keeps every one of his bad…
For the first time since 2008, District 8 Republicans have a nice Chamber of Commerce candidate to vote for in the race for State House. Flandreau dentist Leslie Heinemann has declared his candidacy for a District 8 House seat. In…
Hey hey! The South Dakota Legislature is in full swing. That means it's time for Senator Russell Olson (R-8/Wentworth) to start saying lunkhead things. Today's edition: in response to businessman and Representative Bernie Hunhoff's (D-19/Yankton) stiff criticism of Governor Dennis…
Bill Janklow made the news last week by closing his state campaign account and converting nearly $852,000 in old campaign donations to personal use. (Any of you old donors have a beef with that?) A month ago, another former South…
Cue the Dragnet theme: Have you seen this man? The state Division of Criminal Investigation soon will. I have happily gained employment as the new French teacher at Spearfish High School. However, gaining this employment requires that I submit fingerprints…
South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Russell Olson argued on SDPB Wednesday that HB 1230, the governor's new corporate welfare program, is essential to bringing new business to the state. On Dakota Midday, Senator Olson made two remarkable claims: Olson contends…
The South Dakota GOP is in full spin cycle over the potential referral of HB 1230, their corporate welfare bill. Senator and GOP chairman Tim Rave issued his distracting cries of partisanship Monday; Senate Majority Leader Russell Olson took to…