According to another Issue Memorandum presented by the Legislative Research Council to the Legislature’s Executive Board last month, South Dakota is one of just six…
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State Income Tax Could Raise $918 Million! Eager reader Nick Krebs contributed to yesterday’s post on the LRC’s comparison of neighboring state tax systems this comment…
Last month the Legislature’s Executive Board received a basket of new Issue Memoranda from the Legislative Research Council. One of the tastiest is the “Comparison…
“This isn’t politics as usual; this isn’t the status quo,” insists Kristi Noem as she announces she is keeping eight current agency heads and promoting…
A growing economy doesn’t mean jack if it’s not helping people. NPR reports that Trumpistan’s “growing” economy left more children without health insurance in 2017…
Short-sighted Republicans resisted Governor Dennis Daugaard’s plan to expand Medicaid, but part of Daugaard’s crafty plan has been saved and is saving South Dakota money.…
Wait a minute—co-executive directors of the Democratic Party? In 1992, the South Dakota Democratic Party evidently had co-execs. Steering the party with Erpenbach was his…
A slightly more fun political item from the Herb Jones history file comes from the October 6, 1992, Huron Plainsman, which reports on page 5…
Consistent with past performance, Donald Trump is failing to live up to promised payments. Before the election, Trump assured farmers he’d dole out $12 billion in…