With Senate leadership determined for both Republicans and Democrats, we're down to the State House of Representatives to make their picks for who will be serving in Leadership roles in that body for the next two year cycle. I'm hearing that on the Democrat side, the latest is that House Minority Leader is up for…
Now that Gov. Kristi Noem has won re-election, her core campaign promise to repeal the state's 4.5% tax on groceries will take center stage in the coming legislative session. How will legislators determine if the state can afford to forfeit the $100 million or more in annual income?
The loan and grant program that was supposed to begin disbursing funds for housing infrastructure in summer 2022 is on hold at least until the next legislative session in 2023 or possibly beyond that.
The sometimes strained relationship between Noem and the GOP-led Legislature has led in part to delayed implementation of a program aimed at building critical workforce housing.
In numerous political ads and mailers, the Noem campaign and the state Republican Party have painted Smith as too liberal or “too extreme for South Dakota.”