dakotafreepress.com —  23+ hour, 22+ min ago

...Legislature Unwilling to Override Noem Vetoes.... ...Bankers and cryptocurrency backers refuted Noem's claim that HB 1193 would make it harder to use cryptocurrency in South Dakota, but Noem's lizard-people... ...That's not rare [David Owen, in Lee Strubinger, "House Upholds Noem's UCC Update Veto," SDPB, 2023.03.27].... ...As farmer and House Minority Leader Oren Lesmeister explained repeatedly, THC levels normally fluctuate while running industrial hemp through the...

dakotafreepress.com —  22+ hour, 44+ min ago

...In opposition to the bill was Jim Terwilliger, the Bureau of Finance and Management Commissioner.... ...One little budget note: Governor Kristi Noem did sign Senate Bill 35, which immediately provides $13 million to help expand the Sanford Underground... ...Underground Research Facility," Terwilliger said.... ...Keene, "Funding Proposal for SURF Advances Past Appropriations Committee," SDPB Radio, 2023.02.22]....

dakotafreepress.com —  1+ day ago

...Carl Perry) is the potential for developing nuclear power in South Dakota.... ...One of the items on the Legislature's Executive Board agenda this afternoon is picking the topics for interim studies.... ...Heller, CEO, Missouri River Energy Services, letter to South Dakota Legislature Executive Board, 2023.02.06].... ...A nuclear power study is also getting a push from Missouri River Energy Services, which signals in a February 6 letter to the Executive Board that...

dakotafreepress.com —  1+ day ago

...The South Dakota Department of Transportation will host a meeting at Spearfish City Hall next week Wednesday, April 5, to take public input on its... ...The current rest area is just a mile east of the South Dakota/Wyoming border, accessible from the eastbound lane only.... ...Belle Fourche, or at Exit 17, the turn at the east edge of Spearfish down to Deadwood.... ...Spearfish doesn't really need a rest area to draw visitors; the access it provides to the Hills and the stirring beauty of Lookout Mountain already...

dakotafreepress.com —  2+ day ago

...All Five Noem Vetoes Based on Inattention and Inaccuracy. Governor Kristi Noem has vetoed five bills in the 2023 Legislative Session.... ...Noem issued her first veto of the Session on House Bill 1109, which modified the occupation tax for business improvement districts.... ...CBDC [Central Bank Digital Currency]".... ...HB 1209 prime sponsor Representative Oren Lesmeister (D-28A/Parade) says Noem is lying about HB 1209:....

dakotafreepress.com —  3+ day ago

...Vance (R) and Sherrod Brown (D) unveiled a rail safety proposal last week that has already won over the White House and top Democrats.... ...Rail-Lobbyist Thune May Block Railroad Safety Bill.... ..., "Bipartisan Rail Safety Bill Runs into Republican Roadblock," The Hill, 2023.03.06].... ...Rail Safety Bill Debated in U.S....

dakotafreepress.com —  4+ day ago

...On Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 139, which makes it harder for new residents to exercise their right to vote in South Dakota.... ...Noem Reduces Freedom of RV Voters.... ...SB 139 thus provides Secretary of State Monae Johnson justification to remove thousands for voters registered at a handful residency-mill addresses... ...Right now, under SDCL 12-4-1, new residents can register to vote on the very day they move to South Dakota....

dakotafreepress.com —  4+ day ago

...Senate Bill 139, which Governor Kristi Noem signed Tuesday, may disenfranchise tens of thousands of RV voters in South Dakota.... ...In 2020, the democracy-hating Republican Legislature passed Senate Bill 180 to tighten South Dakota's residency requirement for circulators by requiring... ...So a cheer and a half for Governor Noem and the Legislature for protecting--or at least not messing with--the freedom of new South Dakotans to engage... ...Dakota to collect signatures on their very first day in South Dakota....