Amidst a lull in audience questions at today’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel, I took the mic after a question about abolishing the federal Department of Education (no,…
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Hey, Jason Ravnsborg! Let’s go to court! This afternoon, Rapid City attorney James Leach filed on my behalf a complaint against the State of South Dakota,…
Correction 17:21 CST: Holy cow! I misread the bill! On first read, I thought Section 1 of SB 179 applied to agticultural property taxes. Incorrect! It…
In yesterday’s rollicking discussion of the new food tax reduction hoghouse bill, rookie Representative Jess Olson (R-34/Rapid City) complained that it is “unfair” to spring…
Senate Bill 86, the Partridge Backtrack, has turned into the 2018 Nesiba food-tax break. House Taxation’s hearing on SB 86 started normally enough yesterday, with…
The dumbest thing said in committee testimony to defeat a smart bill yesterday came from Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls) against Senate Bill…
Governor Kristi Noem’s high school civics test mandate, House Bill 1066, took an interesting turn Tuesday. After House Education whittled Noem’s sloppy bill down to…
Donald Trump continues to treat rural America the way he treated Ivana and Marla, taking them as trophy wives, then getting distracted and dumping them.…