Apparently there is a call for a special session from some of those involved in the Freedom Caucus, because they don't have anything better to do than to send out speculative press releases: A small group of eight Republicans are calling for a special session ahead of the Nov. 8 election to get lawmakers to…
The state's biggest political leaders have touted inbound migration, so-called "blue state refugees" who flooded South Dakota. But the biggest driver of partisan races this coming summer and fall appears to be a redistricting process, log-jamming Republicans in primaries and opening up new turf for Democrats.
Battle over Medicaid expansion in South Dakota now faces voter referral campaign (and a Supreme Court challenge)
Dakotans for Health filed paperwork this week with the South Dakota Supreme Court to issue an emergency ruling allowing them to petition to delay a vote on requiring a 60% threshold for constitutional amendments that cost $10 million or more. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
The South Dakota Legislature in 2021 is facing an unusual challenge in 2021 thanks, in part, to an influx of federal coronavirus relief dollars from Congress: how to spend $250 million in one-time money? On Thursday, Jan. 29, Sen. Reynold Nesiba (kneeling), a Sioux Falls Democrat, speaks with President Pro Tempore Lee Schoenbeck, a Watertown Republican, on the floor of the Senate. (Chris Vondracek / Forum News Service)