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Can Noem win South Dakota’s looming food tax fight?
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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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Dec 08, 2022
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Gov. Kristi Noem is introduced to the Legislature on Dec. 6, 2022 ahead of her budget address. (Jonathan Ellis/The Dakota Scout)

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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