My report of the amount of federal estate tax Kristi Noem’s family had to pay after inheriting her father’s assets in 1994 may be off…
Category: South Dakota
TransCanada’s clean-up of its 5,000-barrel oil spill from the Keystone pipeline is going so well it can send everyone but its rent-a-cops home for Christmas…
The first bills of the 2018 Legislative Session are in the hopper! As of this morning, I find 23 Senate bills, 15 House bills, and…
Local governments use tax increment financing to jump start projects that market forces alone won’t support. The idea behind a TIF district is that, without…
Attorney General Marty Jackley issued an official opinion today contending that the State-Tribal Relations Committee does not have subpoena power. Since I wanted the State-Tribal…
The Trump Tax doesn’t just cut tax rates for rich people. It also triggers the 2010 Pay-Go law, brought to you by the fiscally responsible…
Attorney General Marty Jackley told the Government Operations and Audit Committee Monday that South Dakota needs to spend more money training its cops: Law enforcement…
Not all Democrats are afraid to test Legislative committees’ authority to subpoena witnesses to investigate the GEAR UP/Mid-Central scandal. Rep. Susan Wismer (D-1/Britton) offered a…
The SDGOP spin blog says Kristi Noem’s fundraising e-mail blast to supporters “sets the record straight on false attacks on her family.” Yet her political…
Back in October, the press reported that decreased pheasant numbers weren’t deterring hunters from coming to South Dakota. That boostery assertion turned out to be…