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…
Tag: taxes
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)…
Senator Art Rusch (R-17/Vermillion) is another Republican trying to raise taxes. He proposed Senate Bill 85 in another attempt to make electric vehicle owners pay…
For those of you worried that the amendment Senate Joint Resolution 502 would put to the voters, a plan to let counties invest a fifth…
Think about your local school district. Can you think of any good programs, classroom or extracurricular, that your school has had to scale back or…
Pick your headline: Legislators Try Again to Offer Counties Additional Revenue Stream “No New Taxes” RINOs Join Socialists in Supporting New County Tax Bipartisan Coalition…
South Dakota’s general fund revenues continue to show more fiscal health than Governor Kristi Noem’s stingy and visionless budget proposal would lead us to believe.…