On Thursday, federal Judge Camela C. Theeler denied the state’s motion to stay her injunction against its unconstitutional February deadline for submitting initiative petitions. The…
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LRC: Schools, Counties, Cities Will Lose $850 Million Taxing Retail Transactions Instead of Property
In their dog-and-pony slideshow presented to the Legislature’s property tax task force this summer, sponsors of a proposed initiated amendment to ban property taxes and…
In addition to obtaining the Attorney General’s title and explanation and the Legislative Research Council’s fiscal note, the sponsors of the proposed initiative to ban…
Wow! Thanks to the generous alacrity of Attorney General Marty Jackley, the rightwingers trying to abolish property tax still have a chance to get their…
Attorney General Marty Jackley has posted his draft explanation of the proposed initiated amendment to ban property taxes and replace them with a retail transaction…
Rick Knobe says he’s qualified but too old and too Sioux Falls to run for Governor: I’m from Sioux Falls. Nobody from Sioux Falls has…
Here, Spencer, take this mirror… In the January 17 House State Affairs hearing on 2025 House Joint Resolution 5003, now Amendment L on the 2026…
Democracy isn’t dead yet. In a significant victory for South Dakotans’ right to make their own laws, U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler ruled that…
One of the arguments Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) has made in his ongoing war against initiative and referendum is that he…
Julie Frye-Mueller says the retail transaction tax she and her hubby Mike may try putting to a public vote would make South Dakota’s tax system…