At the legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City today, a question was asked about SB 176 concerning textbook which “provide[s] for the development of online resources and a rubric of textbook analysis for use in school districts, to make an appropriation therefor.” The question was about why we were seeking to hire a private agency to do something that government was prohibited by law from doing.

At the Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting todya, a question was asked about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and whether working with such groups violated the oath of office taken by legislators.

At today’s legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City, a question was asked about HCR 1003 which calls on congress to end the federal Department of Education, and where the education funding would come from that currently comes through the federal Department of Education.

The final legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City for the 2015 South Dakota legislative session was held at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology today. Issues discussed included the proposed state debt collection agency, education spending, water issues, the youth minimum wage bill, taxes for roads and bridges, health coverage for children with autism, and more.

Todd Starnes outlines one of the many reasons why RINO John Boehner needs to go as Speaker of the House. The GOP establishment is so deep in cahoots with the Left that we might as well have Democrats in their chairs. Whether they actually embrace liberal values (as many of them do), or whether they’re completely without testicles (as many of them are), or whether they support liberal goals for different reasons, i.e. supporting amnesty because their donors want cheap labor (as many of them do), the end result is the same: Leftist goals get advanced.

The Marriage and Religious Freedom Act was introduced in the last Congress – in the Senate by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) with 11 co-sponsors and in the House by Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) with 92 co-sponsors. This legislation will soon be re-introduced in the current session and should be given priority by Senate and House leadership and passed. It is of enormous national importance.