Up until now, Governor Dennis Daugaard and his fellow Republicans have taken the rather inconsistent buck-passing position that the state can't justify raising taxes to pay for education but that local districts are free to raise their levies if they…
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Following is the text of a letter I have submitted for publication to the Madison Daily Leader. The hyperlinks, alas, will not appear in the MDL version. Dear readers, I welcome your comments below. I have read with interest the…
Dear Governor Daugaard: I want very much to like you. Even though we disagree on policy, I hear a refreshing straightforwardness in your voice. I see a certain unaffectedness in the way you move your hands when you speak. But…
As I listen and re-listen to the highlights of Governor Dennis Daugaard's budget address, I hear some important sentences that tell us a lot about the governor's budgetary and political paradigm. There's an odd combination of not passing the buck…
Here's some quick local perspective on Governor Dennis Daugaard's proposed 10% cut in the state budget. Now note, as Governor Daugaard said during his budget address this afternoon, a 10% cut in state aid to K-12 education translates into just…
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law a big increase in his state's income tax. The individual rate jumps from 3% to 5%, while the business rate rises from 4.8% to 7%. Illinois faces a budget deficit, just as…
Speaking of puzzling positions on government-supported health care, Governor Daugaard signed a letter to President Obama with 32 other GOP governors and govs-elect asking the feds to let states cut enrollment in Medicaid. Interestingly, the governors aren't trying to save…
A little post-game on Governor Daugaard's State of the State Address, courtesy of SDPB: Rep. Bernie Hunhoff says he was pleased with the speech: "straightforward... not a lot of gamesmanship." He does question the REDI fund boost, saying availability of…