The change in leadership at the Department of Corrections has produced one small, sensible course correction: a pause in the frivolous rebranding of our Pheasantland…
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The ongoing discussions of alternative tax schemes and property tax relief in South Dakota expose one deep flaw in South Dakota’s political character: we keep…
On Thursday, federal Judge Camela C. Theeler denied the state’s motion to stay her injunction against its unconstitutional February deadline for submitting initiative petitions. The…
LRC: Schools, Counties, Cities Will Lose $850 Million Taxing Retail Transactions Instead of Property
In their dog-and-pony slideshow presented to the Legislature’s property tax task force this summer, sponsors of a proposed initiated amendment to ban property taxes and…
In addition to obtaining the Attorney General’s title and explanation and the Legislative Research Council’s fiscal note, the sponsors of the proposed initiative to ban…
Wow! Thanks to the generous alacrity of Attorney General Marty Jackley, the rightwingers trying to abolish property tax still have a chance to get their…
Before its first meeting Wednesday, the Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force had the chance to sit in with the Legislature’s Initial Incarceration, Reentry Analysis, and Comparison…
SDCL 60-11-3.2 requires the Department of Labor and Regulation to post the minimum wage for the coming calendar year to its website by October 15.…
You may think, “Oh, I don’t need food stamps, so the government shutdown won’t hurt me.” But South Dakota’s jet set could take a hit…
Speaking of Republicans campaigning for more government regulation against min(o)rs, SDGOP National Committeeman and Watertown Mayor Ried Holien is working with his City Council to…