An eager reader notices Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s (R-12/Sioux Falls) hypocrisy on funding state functions with unhealthy habits. Speaker Mickelson says there’s no way he’ll support…
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Just home from the Capitol, Representative Drew Dennert sat down this evening with Dakota Free Press to talk about Veto Day. The freshman Republican and I talk…
Do millionaires move to take advantage of lower state tax rates? Yes, but not much, says this 2016 study in the American Sociological Review. Stanford researchers…
Self-employed South Dakota musician and Affordable Care Act Marketplace policyholder Jon Hegg lends his voice to an AARP video urging Congress to scrap the Republican ACA…
Governor Dennis Daugaard scratched his veto itch today. Stricken by the Governor’s pen today were these five bills: House Bill 1156: This bill would have allowed individuals with…
Al Novstrup didn’t get the $39-million property tax increase he wanted, but he did vote to raise property tax on farmers. Check out Senate Bill 35,…
The SDGOP spin machine is really working hard to deflect the Club for Growth’s criticism of Rep. Kristi Noem for not firmly opposing the Trumpy Border Adjustment Tax.…
While South Dakota struggles to hold its head above budgetary water, while we wonder if our K-12 schools will get even the meager 1% boost Governor Daugaard…
On Tuesday, gubernatorial candidate Kristi Noem poked her GOP primary opponent Marty Jackley with a plea to U.S.A.G. Sessions to send in the feds to solve all the…
As one of the majority whips, Senator Al Novstrup ought to have some pull in getting his own legislation passed. But he was able to whip almost…