South Dakota still isn’t meeting its target teacher salary. In 2016, we raised our state sales tax from 4% to 4.5% with the goal of…
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Never mind my suggestion of budget optimism at the bottom of my STAR Academy post yesterday; according to information presented at yesterday’s meeting of Governor…
A rainy, grey, chilly Saturday appears to have taken a big bite out of State Fair attendance this year. The Department of Agriculture reports the…
The Legislative Research Council issued last week the first monthly report on general fund receipts under the first Kristi Noem fiscal year. In good news—if…
The Bureau of Finance and Management and the Legislative Research Council issued mixed fiscal projections today. To be clear, both agencies agree we’re going to…
The Bureau of Finance and Management has posted the disappointing sales tax revenue data for which Governor Kristi Noem was bracing us last week. In…
Governor Kristi Noem is bracing us for a weak fiscal report for Fiscal Year 2019. Governor Noem says we should expect to see less state sales tax…
January, February, March—for three straight months, South Dakota state government has taken in less money than it needs to cover its Fiscal Year 2019 budget.…
Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) is already too busy polishing his go-karts to bother filling out the Legislature’s summer study survey. But with Lake Kampeska bearing…
Representative Drew Dennert (R-3/Aberdeen) finally got kids the lemonade tax exemption he promised them. After failing to get a similar measure through the House last…