South Dakota’s response to an economic crisis—cut the budget and pray for help from Uncle Sam and T. Denny—runs counter to sound fiscal policy. When…
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I noted yesterday in my update of my review of the twelve emergency bills coming up on Veto-Plus Day today that the $89.6 million in…
The Governor and legislators are piling new bills into an emergency hopper for Monday’s historic Online Veto-Plus Day. When I checked at breakfasttime today, there…
Governor Kristi Noem is exercising a novel form of pocket veto on the budget and spending bills still on her desk. She signed the FY2021…
Remember a couple weeks ago when we were fretting about whether teachers would get their statutorily required 2% raises in the coming fiscal year? Kiss…
Here’s some quick coronavirus budget math: Goldman Sachs said Sunday that U.S. GDP could dip 5% in the second quarter due to the economic disruption…
Oh, yeah, and while y’all were out hoarding toilet paper, the Legislature passed a budget. Actual FY2018 Actual FY 2019 Budgeted FY 2020 Requested FY…
The House used its hoghouse powers for good yesterday. Senate Bill 144 came to the House floor Monday. Originally part of Senator Brock Greenfield’s (R-2/Clark)…
So the money is there after all: Governor Kristi Noem caved yesterday and said the Legislature can spend $3.5 million to legalize industrial hemp and…
In their ongoing commitment to deterring low-income students from seeking a college education and developing the critical thinking skills that would lead them to critique…