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District 2 State Senate already won by Brock Greenfield

SD Legislative District 2 SD District 2 State Senate is another race with no general election. The current Republican incumbent, Sen Brock Greenfield, did not face a primary and will not have a general election opponent. Just as I am doing with all non-contested races, I will look at a few pieces of legislation from Greenfield so District 2 constituents can get an idea of the legislative priority…

6 bills killed on SD Senate floor during legislative week 7

SD Senate Floor. Photo by Ken Santema 2/19/16. South Dakota legislative week seven is complete. During week seven there were six bills defeated on the Senate floor. This does not include any bills that were killed and then passed after a reconsideration! I think the big lesson from this group is that enough infrastructure bills were passed last year. Nobody wants to hear about gas taxes! SB…

Senate Tax has 3 bills on Mon Feb 22, amateur coaches and cider

On Monday, February 22, at 10:00 am the SD Senate Taxation 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. *** Wednesday is…