Jonathan Ellis is a reporter and columnist with the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Denise Ross is an editor with the Black Hills Knowledge Network and South Dakota Dashboard. Every week we invite some of the top political reporters in the state to join Midday for an informal conversation about politics. This week, Ellis and Ross discuss the progress of education funding legislation, an opponent for John Thune, and whether or not a sales tax increase to pay teachers could end up as a ballot measure.