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…
Tag: taxes
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)…
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…