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Rapid City's showdown | Targeting TIFs | Military matriarch | Speech or deception? | 1984 | Hutterite dresses

Sponsored by Beal Distributing & Juna Sleep Systems | South Dakota Sen. Taffy Howard gives her take on economic development, TIFs & the governor's budget during her debut visit to The Scout newsroom.

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POINT | Libertyland TIF chains Rapid City taxpayers

December 7, 2025
POINT | Libertyland TIF chains Rapid City taxpayers

It wasn’t that long ago that Rapid City voters were signing petitions to vote on the massive $125 million Libertyland Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District.

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COUNTERPOINT | Tax increment for Black Hills theme park brings opportunity, not expense

December 7, 2025
COUNTERPOINT | Tax increment for Black Hills theme park brings opportunity, not expense

Being an “East meets West” South Dakotan, I was born and raised in the farm town of Alcester. Yet since 2001, I’ve called West River home. Like many parents in South Dakota, I’ve watched my children grow up and, eventually, spread their wings.

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