A legislator actually strung me along, on the record? Perish the thought.... Last Saturday, Senator Tom Nelson (R-31/Lead) told a crackerbarrel audience in Spearfish that he would quite likely support SB 126, a measure that would require companies building big…
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The Senate Commerce and Energy gets first crack at holding big oil pipeline companies responsible for their business activities. Tomorrow morning (Thursday!) it hears Senate Bill 126, a measure to require a $500-million indemnity bond prior to construction of oil…
Saturday's District 31 crackerbarrel discussion here in Spearfish turned back to education funding. An audience member asked the legislators for their opinion on HB 1226, Rep. Larry Lucas's (D-26A/Mission) bill to require that state aid to education increase at the…
Let's get clear on "tenure." Under current law, schools choose whether or not to renew the contracts of their current teachers by April 15. If a school district chooses not to renew a teacher who has worked for the district…
District 31 legislators held a crackerbarrel in front of several dozen constituents this morning on the BHSU campus. All three Republican legislators said they do not support Governor Dennis Daugaard's proposal to give $5,000 merit-based bonuses to the top 20%…
South Dakota voters carved out a special constitutional privilege for the city of Deadwood, allowing entrepreneurs to make money that other South Dakota communities cannot, with casino gambling. Asking for further exceptions and exemptions from state law—e.g., the exception to…