Criminal Prohibition of Direct Conflicts of Interest by Public Officials Passes Full House PIERRE, S.D. – Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that SB 27, the Attorney General sponsored bill to Prohibit Certain Direct Conflicts of Interest By Public Officials has passed the full House. The House Judiciary Committee passed the bill on Monday, March […]
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From the Rapid City Journal, it appears that the defendant in the EB-5 case is going to change his plea. So much for the need for a special prosecutor.
LAWMAKERS ADDRESS UNCONSTITUTIONAL MEASURE, SET STAGE FOR REPLACEMENT Pierre, SD – January 23, 2017 – Today, South Dakota House State Affairs Committee members took action to repeal Initiated Measure 22 and replace it with a real, South Dakota solution. The Committee voted to send HB 1069 to the House Floor, which repeals the misleading Initiated […]
You’ve read the lower five of the top ten – now here are what I viewed as the top five state political issues for 2016: 5. South Dakota legislature increases teacher pay. The issue of teacher pay has been swirling around in South Dakota politics longer than the 28 years I’ve been around. But in recent years, […]
Remember back in September what Initiated Measure 22’s author Slick Rick Weiland had this to say about why we needed initiated Measure 22? When our state consistently ranks in the top five of states most at risk of corruption; when scandals like EB-5 and Gear-Up destroy confidence in our elected leaders and government by squandering […]
Attorney General’s Response to Recommendation to Significantly Reduce or Decriminalize Controlled Substance Use in South Dakota PIERRE, S.D.- Attorney General Marty Jackley responds to the Urban Institute recommendation that South Dakota reduce possession and ingestion of a controlled substance to a misdemeanor. “As South Dakota’s Attorney General, I have and will continue to strongly support […]
This morning a story is coming to light on the Democrats trying to use the EB5 issue that was such a winner for them in the last election, and repackaging it to use against Senator John Thune, and Congresswoman Kristi Noem. Noem’s challenger, State Representative Paula Hawks, claims that Noem voted to extend EB-5 without […]
Attorney General’s Response to Legislative Minority Leaders’ Statement on Gear-Up Program PIERRE, S.D. – The Attorney General’s Office offers this response to the State Senate and House Minority Leaders request for a statement from the Attorney General on the State Gear-up Program. “The Attorney General has assembled a team of State, Federal and Local investigators […]
Wow. We know Democrats are in dire straits when they promote non-partisan elections, advocating for a measure abandoning their party label. But today they went all in, and used the occasion of Marty Jackley’s explanation of the status of the westerhuis investigation – where children were tragically murdered – as fodder for a political press […]