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SB 156 Gets Down to Business on Illegal Immigrant Labor

Senate Bill 156 was originally a big mess of state overreach on illegal immigration, threatening to bust anyone who gave illegal immigrants a ride or let them into the house. But now the bill is getting dow to business... literally.…

Corporations Play States for Unnecessary Tax Breaks

Even as he proposes 10% cuts to education, Medicaid, and other vital social services, Governor Dennis Daugaard wants to extend handouts to big corporations, in hopes of drawing more business to the state. (That bill, HB 1230, is on the…

Sacrifice from All… Except Corporations the Governor Likes?

Governor Dennis Daugaard is asking everyone in South Dakota---teachers, principals, doctors, nursing home directors, students paying tuition, state employees going three years without raises, any citizen relying on public services---to make permanent sacrifices (the "new norm") to eliminate our state's…

HB 1223 & 1224: Pastor Hickey Tackles Usury!

Credit to Father Tim for first coverage on the usury battle! I had my worries about Pastor Steve Hickey's ascension to the Legislature. His fervent spiritual opposition to abortion has led me to believe he might go to the Legislature…

TransCanada Follies: Sell to China, Co-Opt Enviromental Panel

A couple weeks ago, Plains Justice brought to my attention a persuasive argument that TransCanada's real customers for the tar sands oil it wants to ship across the prairie in the Keystone XL pipeline are not the Americans from whom…

Riverview Offers to Buy Veblen Dairies

Court May Finalize Deal Friday, January 28 Megadairy operator Riverview has made an offer to take the bankrupt Veblen dairies off financier AgStar's hands. According to motions filed yesterday by bankruptcy trustees Lee Ann Pierce (Veblen East, Case 10-10146, Document…

Russell Olson’s Chamber Goal: Increase Madison Sales 58%

According to the Madison Chamber of Commerce Janaury newsletter, Senator Russell Olson has joined the Chamber board. Olson says his goals while serving on the board are to increase membership and retention and to "have Madison's sales tax revenue grow…

Bar, Restaurant Revenue Still Healthy Despite Smoking Ban

I'm reading up on South Dakota sales tax revenues (and how's your Sunday?). The December 2010 sales tax numbers show that, in the first full month of the new South Dakota indoor smoking ban, eating and drinking places saw 86.1…