So that’s why Kyle got a raise…. In a victory for Governor Kristi Noem’s blind optimism, South Dakota’s tax revenues in July exceeded revenues from…
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The Legislative Research Council this week issued the best monthly state revenue report I’ve ever read. I superlativize not because the numbers are particularly good—South…
In good news, coronavirus means we’re all driving less. In bad news, coronavirus means we’re all driving less. Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist predicts doom for…
Hey! Governor Kristi Noem vetoed another bill… and it’s not the hemp bill! (At tonight’s count, that one, House Bill 1008, is still sitting ominously…
You want ridiculous? How about a Republican President stepping to the mic in the White House to discuss the public health threat of coronavirus and…
Why make hunting and fishing cost more? Speaking in favor of Senate Bill 75 from the House floor yesterday, Representative Herman Otten (R-6/Tea) said charging…
Alan Greenblatt writes for Governing that local governments spend three quarters of their economic development cash on tax breaks. How’s that working out? A forthcoming…
What could be more special-interest and smoke-filled-roomy than a special tax—and a tax cap!—for premium cigars. Epitomizing elitism, Representative Chris Karr (R-11/Sioux Falls) writes House…
The Bureau of Finance and Management offered what passes for optimism in Pierre last week, as it projected that the Legislature will have $19 million…
If you’re trying to figure out where South Dakota Republicans really stand on taxes, don’t read their lips; read their bills. Representative Roger Chase (R-22/Huron)…