Staying Informed on the Coronavirus By Rep. Dusty Johnson If you’ve turned on the news in the last month or so you’ve probably heard this word over and over: Coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19. This week, the president addressed the nation regarding the U.S. response to the outbreak. So far, officials have determined more than 80,000 […]
Now that he doesn’t have to trouble himself with trying to run as a Republican anymore, what’s the latest from our self-anointed savior, “Toby Doeden for South Dakota?” His latest declaration is that “Our Gov’t prints/creates trillions of dollars in 3 years and uses much of it to bribe the masses into compliance in an […]
About a week ago I had a note from a legislator in the State Legislature who was noticing that when it came to voting on bills on the floor of the State House of Representatives, State Representative and Congressional wannabe Taffy Howard seemed to be more and more absent. As was noted to me “she […]
South Dakota’s US Senator John Thune is joining with Congressman Steve Scalise to call on Joe Biden to remove mandates on masking for toddlers: As parents ourselves, we are outraged that the federal government is using taxpayer money to make children as young as 2 years old have to wear face masks. Head Start facilities provide early education services to low-income children through […]
Thune-Smith Bill to Provide Financial Stability to Federally Impacted School Districts Signed Into Law Senators’ bill will provide flexibility to school districts as they apply for Impact Aid Program funding WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today issued the following statements after their Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act, bipartisan legislation to […]
Our Founders recognized that it wasn’t just kings who could be tyrants. They knew majorities could be tyrants too, and that the majority party – if unchecked – could trample the rights of the minority party. And so the Founders combined majority rule with both representation and constitutional protections for the minority. They established […]
South Dakota State Treasurer Haeder Opposes requiring banks to turn over individual account info to IRS if they exceed $600 of inflow or outflow annually PIERRE– State Treasurer Josh Haeder opposes the federal government’s policy proposal that would require financial institutions to turn over private citizens’ personal bank account information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if they […]
After US Congressman Jim Clyburn held a press conference to complain that the distribution of rental welfare in several states needs to be faster, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem fired back at the Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Noem let the Congressman know that South Dakota is managing just fine without […]
FCC Implements Johnson’s COVID-19 Telehealth Extension Bill Washington, D.C. – Recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced award recipients for round two of its COVID-19 Telehealth Program, following the passage of U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson’s (R-S.D.) COVID-19 Telehealth Program Extension Act. In April 2020, the FCC launched the COVID-19 Telehealth Program authorized by the Coronavirus […]
Conservative Principles Restrain Government, Not Expand Its Powers. by Governor Kristi Noem Fri, Aug 27, 2021 You can’t be a constitutional conservative only when it suits you. We are now seeing a battle in the Republican Party between the populist wing and traditional limited government conservatism. So-called conservatives want to regulate businesses to prevent them […]