Both chambers of the South Dakota Legislature convene at 2 p.m. Central today. The House takes up HB 1182, the sales tax for teacher pay bill; the…
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House Bill 1182, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s half-penny sales tax increase to fund teacher pay raises, goes to the full House today for debate. Among the numerous…
Desiring re-election, Rep. Kristi Noem has been making noise about the need to improve Indian Health Service. Hmm… would Indian Health Service have been able to improve…
Dakota Free Press Legislative Proposals DFP Bill 1: Restrict Eminent Domain DFP Bill 2: Clarify Voting Residence DFP Bill 3: Reform Sales Tax DFP Bill…
Pat Powers rushes to tamp down the Robert Pear’s suggestion of a split between Pat’s sponsors Governor Dennis Daugaard and Senator John Thune on Medicaid expansion…
House Bill 1001 would pull South Dakota out of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, a non-profit formed in 1991 to help postsecondary institutions from the Dakotas to Missouri…
Last week I discovered that Governor Dennis Daugaard has actually expanded South Dakota’s general fund expenditures faster than the national average and faster than his…
My post this morning on Dr. Chicoine’s impending reliance on Monsanto for the bulk of his income got one eager reader reviewing the complete list of…
Via Governing, I learn that state government general fund spending nationwide in Fiscal Year 2016 is up by 4.1 percent: Enacted fiscal 2016 budgets show aggregate general…
Bob Mercer notes that the Tribal Economic Development Task Force plans to ask the Legislature to spend money to hire a tribal/reservation economic development specialist for the…