When I recommend reforming South Dakota’s tax system by replacing our regressive sales and property taxes with a progressive income tax, Republicans go ape with…
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Kevin Drum at Mother Jones nicely defends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from Fox News’s latest poorly sourced and exaggerated attack on our efforts to help our neighbors eat. The…
Reading about the upcoming petition drive to place the Death with Dignity initiative on South Dakota’s 2018 ballot, a South Dakota ex-pat reminds me that Colorado…
In August 2016, the Department of Legislative Audit presented a report titled “Other Fund Information by Agency” to the Government Audit and Operations Committee. Pages 9–12 list 239 state…
This month the United States reissued a Medal of Honor to a long-dead soldier of America’s colonialist invasion of Lakota territory. Private Robert Smith fought in the Battle of…
Merry Christmas to Cadillac Jack’s from the Deadwood City Commission, which last week approved $2 million in tax increment financing to make possible another expansion of the…
Outgoing Codington County Commissioner Elmer Brinkman reflects on how increasing his local government workforce decreased costs: When Brinkman first started, the commissioners met at 10 a.m. each…
Black Elk Peak isn’t as tall as we thought it was. Black Hills photographer Paul Horsted enlisted Nebraska surveyor Jerry Penry to remeasure the mountain and…
In October I reported that New Approach South Dakota was planning to petition a “Death with Dignity” initiative onto our 2018 ballot. Last week Attorney…
The Legislative Research Council updated its revenue report last week to show how we’re doing on general fund receipts through November. Due mostly to lagging sales…