The final component of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon teacher pay raise plan is on the way to his desk. The Senate yesterday concurred with the House…
Tag: taxes
As she promised in committee last week, Senator Phyllis Heineman (R-13/Sioux Falls) voted yesterday against House Bill 1182, the funding for historic 20% pay raises for…
Throughout my blogging, I have consistently turned to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center’s posting of cost-of-living data from the Council for Community and Economic…
I wasn’t just dreaming. Consistent with things his administration made when it rolled out the silly “We’re Not Mars” campaign, Governor Dennis Daugaard told the Pierre Chamber of…
Recognizing the environmental risk and potential revenue opportunity of the looming Dakota Access Pipeline, Senator Jason Frerichs (D-1/Wilmot) and Rep. Paula Hawks (D-9/Hartford) have offered Senate Bill…
Counties had a good news/bad news week in Pierre. Senate Bill 2, which would give counties a portion of alcohol tax revenues, made it through its first…
The youngest cranky old man in the South Dakota Blogosphere gives us a taste of the basic opposition Governor Daugaard and his new best friends…
The latest Dakota Free Press poll finds strong support for tax reform in South Dakota. I offered you ten proposals that came up in our discussion of…
Just what I wanted in my Christmas stocking—the first bills of the 2016 Legislative Session! HB, SB, whee whee whee! Now listed on the website that…