Speaking of taxes, next week Tuesday, August 29, the South Dakota Supreme Court hears arguments in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Overstock, and Newegg. Our Legislature provoked…
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In good news (unless you’re a consistent Libertarian), South Dakota state government took in a little bit more money than expected in July. According to…
State Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) skipped chairing the July 24–25 meeting of the Government Operations and Audit Committee to go fry fiscal fish in Washington.…
It’s Blog One, Get Two Free! Here are three versions of the same story about South Dakota finishing Fiscal Year 2017 with a budget surplus…
As investor enthusiasm for Trumpocracy fades, South Dakota continues to see no Trump bump in its economy. The Legislature’s Executive Board received an update Tuesday that shows…
A couple weeks ago, I reported BEA data showing South Dakota’s farm earnings were down 57% in 2016. The Mitchell Tech-based Center for Farm/Ranch Management gathers similarly…
Well, I screwed that story up. Yesterday I reported, based on a hasty reading of Senate Bill 35 that the conference committee had stripped the…
The key exchange over the Legislature’s cancellation of its promise to dedicate 63% of last year’s half-cent sales tax increase to teacher pay came in House…
The Legislature won’t give teachers any more money, but it won’t take any more money from retailers. The House yesterday shot down House Appropriations chief…