Dan Lederman

Dakota Dunes, SD – State Representative Dan Lederman announced his candidacy for the District 16 State Senate Seat today.
Lederman, a Republican and a third generation small business owner announced, “I’m ready to go back to Pierre and continue representing the people of Union and Lincoln Counties in the State Senate. My last two [...]

“Lederman works in a second-generation business with three brothers. His father founded Lederman Bail Bonds in Waterloo; now there are several sites in Iowa and eight other states.
Lederman and Boyd said the skills used in managing a bail bond business translate well to serving constituents with the wise use of taxpayer money. Lederman said operating [...]

Dakota Dunes, SD – State legislator, small business owner and avid sportsman Dan Lederman was awarded the “2010 NRA Institute of Legislative Action Defender Of Freedom Award,” for his efforts in the South Dakota legislature during the 2010 legislative session. Lederman was the prime sponsor of House Bill 1169 that sought protection of Second [...]

On Tuesday, almost a hundred people from Sioux Falls, Dakota Dunes, and Sioux City gathered with Senator Chuck Grassley to talk about issues important to America, Israel, national security and the economy. The forum was hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Great Plains Chapter and South Dakota State Representative Dan Lederman.
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A generation ago the three most feared letters in the entire federal government were I.R.S. Today, it’s E.P.A. Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator and current Obama environmental czar Carol Browner threatened that if Congress failed to pass cap and trade legislation, the EPA would use its regulatory authority to cut carbon emissions. I’m not surprised, but I am deeply concerned.

Governor Mike Rounds signed into law a bill that makes South Dakota the twentieth state to prohibit investment of state tax dollars and pension funds in companies that do business in Iran.

Three Jewish legislators mixed religion and politics on veto day at the South Dakota Legislature on Monday.

Legislators negotiated a compromise Thursday that would make the South Dakota Opportunity scholarship available to any student in the state who scores at least 28 on the ACT college-readiness exam.

South Dakota is the latest state to have adopted terror-free investment policies that target companies doing business with Iran. It joins some 18 other states and the District of Columbia. Observers say these states can teach the UN Security Council a thing or two when it comes to punishing Iran.

South Dakota should join other states in applying economic pressure aimed at dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting insurgents who harm American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, former CIA director James Woolsey said.

Gov. Mike Rounds said Thursday he supports the idea of restricting state investment in companies that have significant involvement in Iran.

Stan Adelstein and Gordon Howie are names not often listed as sponsors on the same piece of legislation.
But the two state senators of strikingly different philosophies are among 45 lawmakers — some with distinctly disparate political views — sposoring SB134n.

A District 16 lawmaker says legislation he plans to introduce in Pierre would keep state investments out of the hands of Iranians who sponsor terrorism and seek to harm U.S. soldiers.

The man who advised President George W. Bush to refrain from speaking the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, sounded off on a variety of topics Sunday at Dakota Dunes Country Club.

The South Dakota Junior Chamber (Jaycees) will honor Ten Outstanding Young South Dakotans for their contributions to their communities and this state. Three local residents will be honored at this banquet -Dan Lederman, Elizabeth Berkemier and Chad Wendel.