Despite an underperforming state economy, South Dakota finagled a budget surplus out of the coronavirus pandemic, thanks largely to wind farm construction and federal coronavirus…
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Last week Governor Kristi Noem told the South Dakota Legislature that we have $224 million in one-time money to spend during this fiscal year. That…
The Bureau of Finance and Management warned legislators last summer that the coronavirus pandemic could cause South Dakota to see up to a $40-million budget…
Governor Kristi Noem announced her second straight $19-million surplus yesterday: $19.1 million left over this year, $19.4 million left over last year. Both years under…
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…
“In South Dakota, we don’t spend money we don’t have,” says Governor Dennis Daugaard, celebrating South Dakota’s third-best fiscal solvency. We don’t spend money we…