By John Harter, DRA Board Chair and Frank James, DRA Director This post originally published on DRA’s Legislative Blog on June 26th, 2018 The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is set to approve a transportation bond for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. … Continued
This post originally published on DRA’s Legislative Blog on June 7th, 2018 South Dakota Pork Producers are celebrating this weekend with PorkPalooza in Sioux Falls, but not all South Dakota citizens are in on the party. Farmers, landowners, and rural … Continued
By Joelie Hicks & Kristi Mogen This post originally published on DRA’s Legislative Blog on May 3, 2018 Citizens packed the Grant County Board of Adjustment hearing to testify against Berg Farms’ swine CAFO application in May 2017 The Grant … Continued
By Frank James, DRA Staff Director This article originally posted on DRA’s Legislative blog on April 19, 2017 About half way through the Supreme Court hearing on April 17th of Dakota Rural Action’s case on the Keystone XL Pipeline, I … Continued
Two Bad Initiative Bills–One Call–Contact the Governor for a Veto In the waning days of the session, legislators passed two onerous bills undermining the initiative process. Call Governor Daugaard’s office at (605) 773-3212 or email at the following link: … Continued
Weekly Legislative Update The 2018 Legislative Session wraps up this week, with bills and resolutions attempting their final hurdle through committees on Monday and their second floor vote on Tuesday. Those bills that saw amendments outside their house of origin … Continued
Initiative & Referendum Bills Still In Play–Call or Write Senators Today This is the final week of the legislative session, and several Initiative & Referendum Bills are still in play. Of greatest concern are House Bills 1177 and 1196–both of … Continued
Big Win On Manure Pipes; Big Loss on CUP Appeals Nine DRA members traveled to Pierre this week to testify against two bad bills. House Bill 1184 would have allowed the right of CAFO operators to run force-main manure pipes … Continued
Citizen Right to Appeal Permitting Decisions Under Attack! Last Vote Coming on Senate Floor! CONTACT YOUR STATE SENATORS NOW AND TELL THEM TO OPPOSE THIS BILL! House Bill 1292 undermines citizens’ ability to appeal Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) in … Continued
Manure Pipes Monday; CUP Appeals Tuesday–Contact Legislators Now! House Bill 1184 would place force-main CAFO manure disposal pipes in the section of code dealing with public utilities (31-26). It will be heard Monday, February 26 at 9am in Senate Transportation … Continued