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SD Executive Appointments listed in Sept 6 and Sept 12 registers, appointments to the School Finance Accountability Board

SD Executive Appointments listed in Sept 6 and Sept 12 registers, appointments to the School Finance Accountability Board

September had a good number of executive appointments and reappointment made by South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard. The September 6 and September 12 South Dakota LRC Registers list the appointments made in the latter part of August. One interesting thing to note with this round of executive appointments is filling the new School Finance Accountability Board; I will look briefly at that board…

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SD Dist 9 State House Gen Election: Clark, Steinhauer, Saba, and Guthmiller

SD Dist 9 State House Gen Election: Clark, Steinhauer, Saba, and Guthmiller

SD Legislative District 9. Screenshot of map from SD LRC website on 5/4/16. South Dakota legislative District 9 has  a general election for State Representative. District 9 is in NW Sioux Falls and then some area W and NW of Sioux Falls, including the towns of Hartford, Humbolt, and Crooks. One of the incumbents, Republican Rep Wayne Steinhauer, was appointed by Governor Daugaard in 2015 to…

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The Sly amendment and small school district consolidation

The Sly amendment and small school district consolidation

Yesterday Sen Jason Frerichs (D, Dist 1) attempted to introduce a new bill in the Senate on veto day in order to fix the “Sly amendment” to SB 131 (SoDakLiberty Posts). In order to do so he had to get his motion to suspend the rules approved by his fellow legislators. I didn’t think his little move would work, and it didn’t. In this post I will look briefly at the Sly amendment and my speculation…

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7 bills announced signed into law on Fri Mar 11 by Governor Daugaard

7 bills announced signed into law on Fri Mar 11 by Governor Daugaard

On Friday, March 11, South Dakota Governor Daugaard sent out a press releases announcing four more bills signed into law. Then he announced the signing of the three bills coming out of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on teacher pay. I will be looking deeper at the Blue Ribbon Task Force in the near future, so I won’t go very deep into them in this post. HB 1182 (SoDakLiberty Posts) – Increase the…

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House Appropriations has 2 bills on Tues Mar 1, BRTF bills to help teacher pay and retention

House Appropriations has 2 bills on Tues Mar 1, BRTF bills to help teacher pay and retention

On Tuesday, March 1, at 8:00 am the SD House Committee on Appropriations will take on 2 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going on. SB…

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Senate State Affairs has 5 bills on Fri Feb 19, Democrats sales tax teacher pay proposal

Senate State Affairs has 5 bills on Fri Feb 19, Democrats sales tax teacher pay proposal

On Friday, February 19, at 10:00 am the SD Senate State Affairs committee will take on 5 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going on. SB…

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