Mike Maciag of Governing posts this really instructive chart on the share of state revenues borne by individuals and corporations paying state income taxes: Back in 1950,…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Just like South Dakota, North Dakota has a teacher shortage. Just like South Dakota, North Dakota convened a task force to tackle the problem last summer.…
Marshall Korn grew up around dairy cows in Minnesota and South Dakota. When he graduated from Garretson High School in 2001, he wanted to become a dairy…
Attorney General Marty Jackley released four key pieces of information on his investigation of the apparent Westerhuis murders, arson, and suicide south of Platte on September 17,…
John Tsitrian reads an RCJ updated version of Bob Mercer’s report on South Dakota’s growing economy and notices what didn’t happen: South Dakota’s 17% increase in the minimum wage…
Senator Jeff Monroe (R-24/Pierre) thinks increasing teacher pay to address the number-one crisis in K-12 education, the teacher shortage, is dead on arrival. But he thinks the…
I’m still scratching my head over Governor Dennis Daugaard’s New Year’s Eve column. In my most generous reading, it appears the following conversation took place on…
Lisa Furlong, the payday lenders’ front woman for their fake 18% rate cap, didn’t respond to reporters yesterday seeking her reaction to the certification of her petition as Amendment U…
Here’s the first bill of 2016 for Rep. Kristi Noem, Senator John Thune, and Senator Mike Rounds to oppose: H.R. 1927, the Fairness in Class…
The good news: Secretary of State Shantel Krebs continues to validate petitions right on the schedule I calculated on Christmas Eve and updated last week. The bad…