AP reports on President Barack Obama's commitment to the Christian faith, which has only gotten deeper during his time in the White House: Every year on Aug. 4, the president's birthday, Obama convenes a group of pastors by phone to…
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Senator Dan Lederman (R-16/Dakota Dunes) thinks mixed martial arts is #1: Yes, we love us a good night of T & A-kicking. And we love voting for legislation that expands opportunities for businesses in which we invest. Rep. Steve Hickey…
That Sioux Falls paper's business journal covers the booming payday loan business in Sioux Falls, which currently has 56 of the state's 186 licensed payday lenders. (South Dakota has 67 hospitals. I'll guess that South Dakota has fewer than 186…
Rep. Rev. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) is having all sorts of fun shaking up conservative Republican sensibilities this week. First he declares his conversion to opposing the death penalty. Now he calls for state inspection of carnival rides: "What's going…
A pox on Steve Hickey for getting me to listen to a 48-minute sermon. But when a conservative Republican pastor-legislator (hyphenate with caution!) reverses his position on capital punishment and declares his intent to float a bill in the 2014…
Rep. Rev. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) is picking a fight. Actually, he's picking some kinds of fighting over others and seeking a ban on cage fighting. Last month the Senate passed Senate Bill 84, a measure to create a commission…
Way to go Steve Hickey! The Representative Reverend from Sioux Falls scored a small legislative coup yesterday when he successfully "smoked out" House Bill 1080, his plan to include speeding in the points system for revoking driver licenses. The House…
I extend my sympathy to Rep. Rev. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) this morning. For the second year in a row, he proposed legislation to put speeding back in the penalty points system for traffic violations. Just like last year, his…