Two weeks ago, Republican gubernatorial candidate Marty Jackley released his “Hometown South Dakota Initiative,” a gussied-up endorsement of South Dakota’s economic development status quo. Now…
Tag: taxes
Today is the deadline for all Legislative committees to move bills to the House and Senate floors. Assuming a quorum made it back to Pierre…
House Taxation yesterday shot down the food tax repeal and both alcohol taxes that I reported on Tuesday. However, they did hoghouse the per-drink tax…
Thursday morning’s House Taxation hearing fields three tax bills of interest to eaters and drinkers. The Democratic caucus, rebuffed last week on its sensible call…
Team Mickelson is two for two on initiative petitions! Yesterday Secretary of State Shantel Krebs certified House Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s petition to put to…
Apparently raising taxes on drivers makes Republicans say really silly things. When Governor Daugaard wanted to raise our gasoline tax, he had to say silly…
Want to torque off Republicans? Criticize the lax trust laws they’ve passed to make South Dakota a haven for wealthy tax dodgers. Rep. Susan Wismer…
We all know Governor Daugaard and the rest of the state’s leaders are hoping to save our budget by persuading the Supreme Court to reverse…
The Department of Revenue’s 2017 Annual Report includes this map showing that South Dakota has the lowest tax burden in the septa-state region: Yet last…
Maybe the Trump Tax handouts to wealthy corporations will trickle down to us commoners… if government regulation makes them trickle. The day after Congress passed…