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Referendum Alert! Nesselhuf Wants Corporate Welfare on Ballot!

Pat Powers of the South Dakota Secretary of State's office sends out a press release announcing that paperwork has been filed to begin circulating a statewide referendum petition. The target? House Bill 1230, the corporate welfare fund proposed by Governor…

Olson’s Economic Development Myopia: Handouts over Investments

I heard Senator Russell Olson (R-8/Wentworth) whining on Statehouse last night about losing economic development opportunities to other states. Yesterday, Senate State Affairs, of which Olson is vice-chair, discussed HB 1230, Governor Daugaard's permanent economic development fund. Senator Olson spoke…