With the Legislature still struggling to coalesce around any plan to lower property taxes, rookie Senator Amber Hulse (R-30/Hot Springs) proposes punting the issue to…
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Yesterday was a noteworthy day in initiative trivia (initiatrivia?) in that it was not noteworthy. Speaker Jon Hansen and his fellow South Dakota Republicans, who…
Getting rid of immigrants isn’t just a betrayal of America’s fundamental moral principles. Getting rid of immigrants is also self-destructive fiscal policy. The conservative Cato…
Some members of the Senate aren’t waiting for the Supreme Court to clarify whether the Lieutenant Governor can break ties on votes on final passage…
If Republicans reject the latest Democratic proposal to eliminate South Dakota’s unusual sales tax on food, maybe they’ll at least support a tax break for…
Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources has a chance to approve eliminating one of Kristi Noem’s sillier wastes of money today. The committee will hear Senate…
Rookie Representative John Hughes (R-13/Sioux Falls) wants to give family businesses a tax break. He proposes House Bill 1218, which would require that school property…
In his campaign for Governor, Congressman Dusty Johnson has proposed giving homeowners $400 property tax credits plus two years of zero property tax for first=time…
When I heard Representative Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) introduce his speech in favor of House Bill 1068 on the House floor as a product of artificial…
Rookie Representative (and not a doctor or a scientist) Bobbi Andera’s (R-10/Sioux Falls) quack medicine bill died in the House Thursday on a heap of…