Senator Billie Sutton offers two draft bills for the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s consideration today (or maybe tomorrow) in Sioux Falls. The Democratic gubernatorial…
Tag: budget
I might like my new local Regent. Governor Dennis Daugaard appointed Jim Thares to fill hoary old Harvey Jewett’s seat on the Board of Regents…
Among his numerous fallacious excuses, Governor Dennis Daugaard supports the destructive repeal of the Affordable Care Act and reduction of federal support for Medicaid in…
The Legislative Research Council just issued the July and August reports on Medical Services Data and Trends, which tell us how much South Dakota and…
More people bought tattoos and tacky shirts in Sturgis last month, but Rally sales didn’t lift the rest of the state. According to the Legislative…
Tri-Valley school district superintendent Mike Lodmel thought it would be a good idea to offer home-school students free laptops if they would come and sit…
In South Dakota, K-12 school districts receive state funding based on how many students are enrolled as of the end of September. The new teacher-based…
My subcomplaint about the new travel reimbursement for legislators spectating at interim committee hearings is that the subsidy was approved at last week’s Executive Board meeting…
Donald Trump thinks his threat to shut down the federal government if Congress won’t fund the wall Mexico was supposed to pay for to keep…
Also on the Legislative Executive Board’s agenda tomorrow is a report and FY2019 budget request from the South Dakota Investment Council, the folks who manage…