Can Noem win South Dakota’s looming food tax fight?
The sales tax on food is nearly 90 years old. Without it, some think the state would need an income tax.
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It’s one thing to propose it.
It’s another thing to pass it.
Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposal to eliminate the state’s general sales tax on groceries was not a surprise when she delivered her budget address Dec. 6. After all, the issue emerged as one of her strongest themes in the final stages of her re-election campaign.
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