Both of this year’s big property-tax-relief bills—Senate Bill 96 allowing counties to adopt a sales tax to lower property tax levies and Senate Bill 245…
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Last spring, Senator Elizabeth Warren expressed due concern that newly confirmed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh had “proven himself to be Donald Trump’s sock puppet….”…
Elena Tittel’s story on the Spring Valley Hutterite Colony’s economic activities includes some notable discrepancies between how much our turkey industry claims to be making…
People who get their health insurance through their employers will see higher premiums next year: Employer-sponsored health insurance plans are poised to get more expensive…
Among the three draft issue memoranda the Legislative Research Council presented to the Legislative Executive Board Wednesday is a research brief on “Artificial Intelligence in…
Incumbents and legislative aspirants looking to write good laws on data centers will want to read all 17 pages (and well-footnoted sources!) of the Legislative…
The Legislative Research Council is guessing that legislators will get close to a $640 raise for the 2027 Session, up 4% from the current $15,790:…
One area in which the South Dakota Investment Council continues to excel lies in keeping overhead low. According to the SDIC’s report to the Legislative…
I generally speak highly of the South Dakota Investment Council and its longtime chief stock-picker Matt Clark. I’d be inclined to speak well again of…
Marty Jackley takes Meta’s money and leaves them unpunished and solvent to find new ways to manipulate humanity into consumer captivity. Big deal? Really taking…