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High-powered South Dakota groups gunning for food tax proposal

Coalition formed in hopes of blocking passage of Initiated Measure 28

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Diane Hunter shops for groceries at Sunshine Foods Oct. 12, 2022, the same morning South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem toured the downtown Sioux Falls store. (Dakota Scout)

Some of South Dakota’s most influential special interest groups are joining forces in hopes of stopping a proposed food tax cut from passage this fall.

Organizations like the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce, South Dakota Cooperatives, the state banking association, the education lobby, the tourist industry, and agriculture groups like the cattlemen’s association and the Farm Bureau Federation have formed a coalition in opposition to Initiated Measure 28.

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