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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…
Governor Larry Rhoden has admitted that his wimpy buck-passing proposal, Senate Bill 96, to let counties impose a half-penny sales tax to lower property taxes…
House Bill 1082, Representative Kadyn Wittman’s (D-15/Sioux Falls) hard-fought campaign to make school meals free for kids who already qualify for the reduced price, still…
Rhoden Map Shows Home Tax Savings Less Than 25% in Most Counties, Doesn’t Calculate Higher Sales Tax
I’ve estimated that Senate Bill 96, Governor Larry Rhoden’s half-hearted plan to allow counties to charge a 0.5% sales tax to lower property taxes, would…
Whoever’s mad about high property taxes apparently isn’t mad enough to get the Legislature to take action. The only big property tax bill left standing…