Interview with Representative Brian Mulder, District 11

Representative Marty Overweg of South Dakota House District 21, the Assistant House Majority Leader, joins Dave Roetman early in the 2026 session to discuss the Future Fund and small-town nursing homes. Overweg explains that the Future Fund, funded by about $24 million a year from unemployment insu…

Senator Chris Karr, President Pro Tem of the South Dakota Senate, joins Dave Roetman for a quick update from the Capitol during the 2026 session. Karr discusses a bill from Senator Pischke to allow mourning doves to be hunted in the road right-of-way, and his own appropriation for buffer strips and…

Senator Mykala Voita of South Dakota Senate District 21 joins Dave Roetman to discuss her work on the Appropriations Committee during the 2026 session. Voita reports on a summer study of community support providers, which serve people with intellectual and behavioral disabilities and would be 9.3% …

Jonathan Williams, President and Chief Economist of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), joins Dave Roetman from Washington, D.C., to explain what ALEC does. Williams describes ALEC, founded in 1973 by conservative state legislators, as a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to limited govern…