Rather than seizing a golden opportunity to salvage her defeated #1 Legislative priority through the initiative process, Governor Kristi Noem has flip-flopped and demonstrated that…
Tag: tobacco
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…
Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) rushes to fill the gap left by our lazy Attorney General on tobacco enforcement. Rep. Perry brings House Bill 1063 to…
Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is standing up to big government… by sitting idle. Included in the spending bill Donald Trump signed just before Christmas was…
The Legislative Research Council issued last week the first monthly report on general fund receipts under the first Kristi Noem fiscal year. In good news—if…
The Legislative Research Council finally got around to reviewing Melissa Mentele’s latest cannabis initiatives. The Emery advocate and leader of New Approach SD offers an…
The Legislative Research Council reported that, as of the end of October, South Dakota was up $5.98 million in revenue collections compared to what the…
We all know that higher tobacco taxes reduce smoking. But the threat of tobacco taxes increase smoking… or at least the purchase of smokes? The…
I’ve heard some opponents of Initiated Measure 25, the tobacco tax for vo-techs, say that raising the tobacco tax won’t make anyone quit smoking. But…
Speaking of out-of-state money, you know who’s paying for all those “Vote No on 25” posters and tear sheets and stickers and floor mats around…