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A look at Referred Law 20, Youth Minimum Wage

A look at Referred Law 20, Youth Minimum Wage

Earlier today I looked at RL 19, now as I continue to look at ballot questions in the 2016 South Dakota election it is time to look at Referred Law 20 (RL 20). Referred Law 20 would decide whether the youth in South Dakota have a lower minimum wage than adults. This post will look at some of the basics of RL 20. There may be more posts about RL 20 coming in the future; but this post should be a…

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Update on the SD's Obligation Recovery Center from the May GOAC meeting

Update on the SD’s Obligation Recovery Center from the May GOAC meeting

On May 17, 2016, the Government Operations and Audit Committee (GOAC) met in Pierre for its first meeting of the 2016 interim session. My post prior to that meeting can be viewed here and the minutes from that meeting can be viewed here. The main item of interest for me in that meeting was an update on the Obligation Recovery Center (ORC). The ORC is the new state collection agency created by the…

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Video from the March 5 Aberdeen Legislative Cracker Barrel

Video from the March 5 Aberdeen Legislative Cracker Barrel

On March 5, 2016, the third and final legislative Cracker Barrel was held in Aberdeen. This is notable because it may be the last Cracker Barrel Sen David Novstrup participates in now that he has officially announced he is not seeking re-election. Who know though, perhaps in a future year he may run again. This event is split into four separate videos, but is presented below as one playlist.…

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Video from the Feb 20 legislative cracker barrel in Aberdeen

Video from the Feb 20 legislative cracker barrel in Aberdeen

Back on Feb 20, 2016, the first of three legislative cracker barrels was held in Aberdeen. This is the video from that event. In attendance were the following four legislators: Sen David Novstrup (R, Dist 3) Rep Al Novstrup (R, Dist 3) Sen Brock Greenfield  (R, Dist 2) Rep Lana Greenfield  (R, Dist 2) Multiple technical issues were experienced during filming. All audio is present, but a few short…

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Senate Transportation has 2 bills on Mon Feb 29, school buses and animal-drawn vehicles

Senate Transportation has 2 bills on Mon Feb 29, school buses and animal-drawn vehicles

On Monday, February 29, at 10:00 am the SD Senate Transportation committee 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. HB…

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Video of the 1st 2016 legislative cracker barrel in Aberdeen.

Video of the 1st 2016 legislative cracker barrel in Aberdeen.

2016 Aberdeen legislative cracker barrel 1. Photo by Ken Santema 2/20/15. On Saturday, February 20, there was a legislative cracker barrel held in Aberdeen at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel. This is the first of three scheduled Aberdeen Cracker Barrels. The next two will be on Feb 27 and March 5. This is video of the full cracker barrel, it runs just under 2 hours long. All District 1, 2, and 3…

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House Transportation has 3 bills on Tues Feb 9

House Transportation has 3 bills on Tues Feb 9

On Tuesday, February 9, at 10:00 am the SD House Transportation committee will take on 3 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. HB…

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House Commerce and Energy committee has 2 bills on Weds Feb 25

On Wednesday, February 25th, at 10:00 AM the SD House Commerce and Energy committee will take on 2 bills.

SB 80 – SoDakLiberty Posts – Increase the selling price of a towed vehicle that exempts the seller of the vehicle from certain vehicle dealer licensing requirements.

Sen Bob Ewing (R, Dist 31) and Rep Fred Romkema (R, Dist 31) are the prime sponsors. This bill flew through the Senate with no…

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