The Legislature has significantly scaled back Senate Bill 3, Senator Michael Rohl’s (R-1/Aberdeen) proposal to prohibit local governments from requiring permits for various home renovations.…
Month: March 2026
House State Affairs may have taken the prohibition on selling abortion-related products out of House Bill 1257, but the anti-abortion fanatics are pushing a ban…
Now that the Trump Court has allowed South Dakota to ban pretty much all abortions, the abortion lobby has had a pretty dull 2026 Legislative…
Rhoden Map Shows Home Tax Savings Less Than 25% in Most Counties, Doesn’t Calculate Higher Sales Tax
I’ve estimated that Senate Bill 96, Governor Larry Rhoden’s half-hearted plan to allow counties to charge a 0.5% sales tax to lower property taxes, would…
Madhu Gottumukkala is one of the South Dakota cronies Kristi Noem dragged along with her to the Department of Homeland Security: Gottumukkala had no prior…
Predictably, do-nothing Representative Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) failed to push Senator Sue Peterson’s (R-13/Sioux Falls) Senate Bill 223 through the House Thursday. While I am pleased…