Sales tax hikes come with warnings

Sales tax hikes come with warnings

PIERRE – The South Dakota Legislature dipped its bucket into a familiar well during the past legislative session when lawmakers turned to the sales tax.Historically, it’s a place lawmakers have gone to when confronted with trouble. A decade earlier, amid mounting cries about low teacher pay, the Legislature and Gov. Dennis Daugaard raised the state’s portion of sales tax by half a penny in order to find additional money for teachers.This year, i…