Weekly roundup (January 7-January 13)
Hey, the Legislature. Last week on Political Smokeout, I:
- took a look south of 57th Street at the Lincoln County GOP elections
- posted the latest developments in the Stephanie Strong case
- went to Pierre for the Legislature
- observed a prayer service in the Capitol
- watched Rep. Brian Gosch elected unanimously as Speaker
- made a word cloud of Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s State of the State
- told the story of Rep. Dean Wink’s long-ago NFL history
- saw a gubernatorial painting restored to its place in the Capitol
- rounded up some bills that probably won’t come back this year
- noted the filing of the criminal justice initiative’s bill, SB70
- talked to Stace Nelson about missing the Speaker vote
- poked my head into Legislature Boot Camp
- saw the news about an honor for Sen. John Thune’s father
- attended a hearing on new teen driving laws
- looked into a discrepancy about a lawmaker’s address
- wrote about a South Dakota-Oscars connection
- checked the weather as lawmakers prepared to flee
- stirred up trouble about a potential bill for lawmakers carrying weapons
- got an anecdote about Daugaard and his grandson-to-be
- recounted the increasingly sad story of former lawmaker Gil Koetzle
