It looks like a pay to play initiative went down in South Dakota. Attorney General Larry Long said the measure would have prohibited state and local governments and their officers and employees, as well as independent contractors and consultants, from using government resources for campaigning or lobbying. And he said it would have barred people […]
A group in South Dakota will return contributions, according to this Argus Leader article. State campaign finance laws prevent a committee supporting an initiated abortion ban from keeping about $11,300 in cash contributions from unidentified sources, Secretary of State Chris Nelson said Monday.
A case involving South Dakota’s “Promising Future” will be heard by the state’s supreme court today. An SDSU journalism professor says the case is an important one in terms of government records and campaign disclosure. “Any case that deals with whether information should be public is important,” Jack Getz said. “There’s great value to public […]