South Dakota Rep. Lance Russell of District 30 was one of the featured speakers at the second Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting today at the South Dakota School of Mines. Russell spoke about the discussions dominating the legislature concerning education funding, and specifically increasing teacher pay.

Today’s second Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting covered topics such as education funding, teacher pay, video lottery revenue, crime and punishment, transgender issues, and more.

HB 1076 to drug test welfare recipients was heard in the House Health and Human Services Committee this morning. It was killed in a 9-4 vote. Find out some of the arguments presented for and against the legislation.

Some of the bills being considered by the South Dakota Legislature today include the drug testing for welfare recipients bill, a bill outlawing the sale of fetal body parts, and recommendations from the Elder Abuse Task Force.

I see that one of South Dakota’s biggest RINOs and loudest voices for hypocrisy from the other side of the state has an article in the Rapid City Journal today, once again predictably attacking a conservative legislator from the Left.

Many family members give money to their children. For children with lower incomes, there is an opportunity to give them appreciated stock to shift the capital gains to a lower tax bracket.

The first Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting of 2016 was held at the South Dakota School of Mines this morning. Topics included education funding, drug testing for welfare recipients, Initiated Measure 17, Medicaid expansion, and more.

The major media has morphed from a watchdog to a lapdog barking on cue that everything is all right, there’s nothing to see here, move along. The best government money can buy has shown us that they can safely operate on the assumption that American voters choose their leaders based on the philosophy, “I know he’s a liar but I like what he says.”

These are some of the bills in the South Dakota Legislature that we’re watching at American Clarion. These are scheduled for hearings and votes on Jan. 20.

The news is out that South Dakota Rep. Lynne DiSanto (Dist. 35) plans to introduce a bill in this legislative session for drug testing of welfare recipients. The bill has not yet been submitted, and the media has not yet seen the final text of the bill, but speculation about the details are rampant-as are the cat-calls from liberals in both parties.