South Dakota will recarve its Legislative districts this year. Four bills before the Legislature seek to change that process. House Bill 1075 would require that any district spanning five or more counties be divided into two single-member districts. We currently…
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Dennis Daugaard is viewed by some as a CEO-style governor. But the man who came in second to Daugaard in last year's GOP primary, Scott Munsterman, is also in Pierre making some managerial noises. Back-cracker, former mayor, and now State…
Jon Hunter and I will disagree on this bill: House Bill 1078 would allow municipalities, counties, and school districts to publish their minutes, bids, and other official documents on an officially designated website in addition to or instead of in…
This just in the Legislative hopper: a few Republicans are looking for sneaky ways around Governor Daugaard's absolute veto threat on any tax increases. Senate Bill 78 would increase property taxes by allowing county directors of equalization to include tax…
Six Republicans in the State Legislature have forgotten the party mantra of local control. Rep. Ed Van Gerpen (R-19/Avon) has floated House Bill 1071, which would cap the salaries of county commissioners at 50% above the state-specified minimum. SDCL 7-7-5…
A bunch of Republican legislators are apparently afraid of school choice. Senate Bill 77, with primary sponsors Senator Shantel Krebs (R-10/Renner) and Rep. Thomas Brunner (R-29/Nisland), further complicates open enrollment by forbidding a school district from providing transportation to open-enrolled…
Now the legislative hopper is popping. The South Dakota Legislature has a whack of fun new bills to consider: HB 1056 would open the last week of the year for fireworks sales. Now there's a bang-up revenue generator. HB 1059…
The Democrats in the South Dakota Legislature today are proposing a plan to achieve the common goal of eliminating the state's structural deficit. However, they counter Governor Daugaard's Tea-Party-style all-at-once 10% cut and propose a three-year plan to get us…