Contrary to the CYA-whining from do-nothing Senator Mike Rounds, Democrats in Congress are showing they can legislate and impeach at the same time. Even as…
Tag: budget
The report on November general fund receipts from the Legislative Research Council shows that a timing glitch in insurance company tax and a pleasant imbalance…
Remember how back in September the state Board of Economic Development rejected Triple H Wind Farm’s request for a sales tax kickback? Just kidding—Merry Christmas!…
Governor Kristi Noem is trying to sound like a moderate, saying she’s open to legalizing industrial hemp if it’s done right. But don’t be fooled;…
Northwestern Area school superintendent Ryan Bruns is showing South Dakota educators how to properly respond to Governor Kristi Noem’s illegal betrayal of the sales-tax-for-teacher-pay promise…
After a year of increasing government, the Noem Administration is finally taking a teeny-tiny step toward Kristi Noem’s campaign promise to check government bloat. On…
In proposing zero increase in the target teacher salary that determines K-12 funding, Governor Kristi Noem is ignoring state law. The Governor is proposing $8.9…
I didn’t hear anything about that “Next Big Thing” Kristi Noem said she’d be looking for, but the Governor’s first regular budget address did include…
It’s been a rough couple weeks for Kristi Noem. She stuck her boot in South Dakota’s mouth with her unexpectedly (?!?) ridiculous and ridiculously expensive…
The Legislative Research Council presented three issue memoranda to the Legislature’s Executive Board during its meeting yesterday. Among them was this review of federal handouts…