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STAFF BLOG REPUBLIC INSIDER Are you conflicted about video lottery?
The following sentence jumped out at me today from a story by our state Capitol reporter, Bob Mercer: Video lottery is the second-largest single source of general revenue for state government after th...
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MERCER: Should public bodies vote via technology?
We live in a big state with life-threatening weather possible five to six months of the year. Teleconferences make sense.
February 03, 2013
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MERCER: Litmus tests await SD conservatives
A recent non-binding vote on abortion shows the South Dakota Legislature clearly turned more conservative in the 2012 elections.
By Bob Mercer , January 28, 2013
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MERCER: Climate change will affect South Dakota
PIERRE — The most important topic missing from political debate in South Dakota is potentially more harmful in the long run than any semi-automatic handgun or AR-style mock-assault rifle.
By Bob Mercer , January 21, 2013
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MERCER: To win and lose: Four greats who left us
Saturday marked one year since the death of Bill Janklow from inoperable brain cancer. His four terms and 16 years in the office made him South Dakota’s longest-serving governor.
By Bob Mercer , January 13, 2013
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MERCER: Women indicate influence growing in SD Legislature
PIERRE — The 18 women who will be in the state House of Representatives for the 2013 session that starts Tuesday are the largest number in the history of the South Dakota Legislature.
By Bob Mercer , January 06, 2013
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MERCER: Term limits pave fast path to power in SD Legislature
The old ways, of biding time and building respect while waiting a turn, are gone.
By Bob Mercer , December 31, 2012
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MERCER: Christmas tradition shines on at Capitol
How state Buildings and Grounds staff got the massive tree, whose branches spread perhaps 20 or more feet wide, through a double-doorway that measures perhaps six feet wide at the Capitol’s front, is a feat remindful of Houdini.
By Bob Mercer , December 24, 2012
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MERCER: Jumping over the moon for SD dairy expansion?
PIERRE — Peaceful milk cows could lead the Legislature into some big arguments this winter over the future of dairy production and processing in South Dakota.
By Bob Mercer , December 17, 2012
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MERCER: Socialism in a democracy
PIERRE — As South Dakotans weigh the social merits and the financial perils of embracing expanded Medicaid coverage available under Obamacare, let us take a breath and look at two other federal programs that embody the same principle of offering a big benefit to all.
By Bob Mercer , December 10, 2012
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MERCER: Sometimes a kiss isn’t just a kiss
Not since their first inaugural ball, when they danced together for the first time as South Dakota’s then-new first couple, did Jean and Mike Rounds have such a big public moment that seemed so personally genuine, as they did Thursday morning.
By Bob Mercer , December 03, 2012
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MERCER: Giving thanks for life’s good, past and present
PIERRE — We shall speak only praise of turkeys, and welcome their imminent presence on our dinner tables, in these last days leading to our national feast. May our thoughts turn to the blessings received since we last gathered over cranberries and pumpkin pie.
By Bob Mercer , November 19, 2012
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MERCER: Voters stick with GOP despite 10 percent cuts
With their financial decisions in Tuesday’s general elections, South Dakota voters handed Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the Legislature clear and specific directions about how they want, and don’t want, state government and public schools run.
By Bob Mercer , November 12, 2012
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MERCER: Has Obama been better or worse for South Dakota?
It’s not a topic that Democratic challenger Matt Varilek wanted to tackle when the Republican incumbent, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, during a recent debate asked Varilek to name three ways that Obama’s re-election would be good for South Dakota.
By Bob Mercer , October 29, 2012
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MERCER: Tax measures on the state’s ballot present big decisions
PIERRE — With early voting already under way for the past two weeks, the outcomes might be already be sealed for two ballot measures that, if approved by voters overall on Nov. 6, would drastically change the ways taxes are raised and spent by governments in South Dakota.
By Bob Mercer , October 08, 2012
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