Governor Dennis Daugaard’s FY2018 budget proposes spending $290K more of state money on the Department of Education, even as it takes a nick on federal and…
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Tucked into pages 24 and 44 of Governor Daugaard’s FY2018 budget summary book is the state price tag for Amendment S, the somewhat redundant crime victims bill of…
In 2013, South Dakota state government introduced pay for performance for “career banded” state employees—accountants/auditors, information technologists, nurses, environmental scientists, and engineers. Each year, state employees…
Chew over these budget numbers: The Governor’s budget proposal projects sales and use tax revenue in Fiscal Year 2018 of $1.013 billion. That revenue projection is…
I feel like Governor Daugaard is using IM22 the way Donald Trump uses Twitter: to distract us from his policy failures. Trump flunks foreign policy by tweaking…
Governor Dennis Daugaard just finished perhaps the most boring budget address of his gubernatorial career. With revenues lagging, there’s not much room for bold new initiatives.…
Governor Dennis Daugaard gives his budget address tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1 p.m. in the Capitol. Grandpa Cheap is telling us to brace for a lean year:…
Initiated Measure 22, the voter-approved Anti-Corruption Act, includes one potentially unconstitutional section. Scroll to the bottom and read Section 68: There is hereby appropriated from the…
Add Union County’s Jerry Miller to the list of state’s attorneys opposing Amendment S. The Union County state’s attorney (one of whose deputies is Jason Ravnsborg, who’s…
Wait! Maybe Rep. Kristi Noem didn’t vote to extend EB-5 without reform again two weeks ago! At the request of an unnamed member or members of…