Chris Karr

Legislative leaders have reached a deal on cutting the overall state sales tax. A conference committee is agreeing on a proposal to reduce sales tax by point three percent for four years.

In the battle over tax cuts, Senate Republicans are proposing a fourth option on the overall sales tax reduction. They want to protect state revenues in the event of a recession. House Republicans are iffy on the proposals.

As South Dakotans dig out from underneath a recent blizzard, lawmakers are digging into state the state budget.

House lawmakers are overwhelmingly advancing a proposal that cuts the overall state sales tax from 4.5 percent down to 4.2 percent. The reduction will result in a roughly $104 million dollar tax cut from the state general fund.

House Republicans want to reduce the overall sales tax hit for state residents.

House lawmakers are advancing a bill that prohibits lewd and sexual depictions and events on state property.

The state’s budget wizards say the state will receive $190 million dollars more than what Governor Kristi Noem outlined in December. Now, appropriators will fit together the pieces of the state budget.

A House committee is advancing a bill that bans any kind of performance or event considered sexual in state-owned facilities or property. The bill was originally tailored to ban drag shows, but prime sponsor has broadened its scope.

A renewed attempt to establish a fund to support housing development in South Dakota is now just a signature away from becoming law.

The South Dakota House of Representatives is passing a Senate bill to increase legislator pay, initially, by tying their salaries to the median household…