Rick Weiland is still collecting signatures for his proposed constitutional amendments to protect initiative and referendum rights, but Mike Mueller, Julie Frye-Mueller, and Matt Smith…
Tag: sales tax
As I noted in my update to yesterday’s post on Governor Rhoden’s claim that he and Kristi Noem once supported repealing South Dakota’s unusual sales…
Update 2026.05.03 07:22 CDT: An eager reader who was in the room three years ago pointed out that as Lieutenant Governor, Larry Rhoden did testify…
Governor Larry Rhoden is already campaigning against the referendum of Senate Bill 245, one of two key pillars of his apparently unpopular compromise property-tax relief…
Referring a law to a public vote is interesting, not only because it tests whether a bill the Legislature passed really reflects the will of…
Governor Larry Rhoden’s wimpy Senate Bill 96 will give counties the option to impose a 0.5% sales tax to lower their property taxes. But counties…
Bob Mercer cooks up the strange thesis that “shifting some of the property-tax burden off single-family residential dwellings” was part of an overarching effort by…
Amidst frustration over high property taxes and strained budgets, no one in Pierre this Session had the guts to propose taxing incomes. Such was not…
Governor Larry Rhoden’s Senate Bill 96, the optional county sales tax to lower property taxes, got lots of attention this Session. The Governor signed that…
In floor debate on Senate Bill 245 Monday, Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Fort Pierre) aptly summarized the nature of the transfer of wealth that will result…