Bob Mercer reports that both Joint Appropriations and the Government Operations and Audit Committee are trying to keep an eye on how Governor Kristi Noem…
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Governor Kristi Noem announced her second straight $19-million surplus yesterday: $19.1 million left over this year, $19.4 million left over last year. Both years under…
The steady stream of complete baloney from Pierre includes a claim that the lighting fireworks over the Trump hate rally at Mount Rushmore last Friday…
The Legislative Research Council this week issued the best monthly state revenue report I’ve ever read. I superlativize not because the numbers are particularly good—South…
Yankton chose to cancel its fireworks rather than risk crowds in a two-mile area spreading coronavirus. Yankton has also canceled Riverboat Days in August and…
Governor Kristi Noem is finally getting around to spending some of the $1.25 billion South Dakota received from Uncle Sam to respond to pandemic needs.…
Amidst a public health crisis and an economic recession, one would expect that government would increase its spending to keep people and the economy healthy.…
Lee Strubinger reports that South Dakota “is sitting on $1.25 billion in federal relief money.” Governor Kristi Noem is claiming that the feds won’t let…
Wait—coronavirus is blowing holes in South Dakota’s budget and everyone else’s, and Governor Kristi Noem says we probably don’t need a Special Session? Governor Kristi…
We have our first state revenue report reflecting the impact of coronavirus on South Dakota’s fiscal situation. Sales tax collected in March and sent to…