BOB MERCER
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MERCER: SD audit uncovers millions in misappropriated bank taxes
SD Revenue Department staff don't track down unexplained payments, state general fund shorted funds.
By Bob Mercer , May 19, 2013
MERCER: New regent Sutton has long record of good work
Sutton is only 44 but it seems like he’s been around forever getting things done. His latest role is the newest, and the youngest, member on the state Board of Regents.
By Bob Mercer , May 13, 2013
MERCER: Rounds’ early start appears quite smart
Mike now has a head start of six months on any other candidate -- if there ever is another candidate.
By Bob Mercer , May 05, 2013
MERCER: SD’s path on schools, taxes firmly set by GOP
PIERRE — South Dakota voters made four key decisions in the 18 months after the death of Gov. George S. Mickelson in the 1993 plane crash. Those decisions set the course for the next 20 years and brought us to where the state government is today.
By Bob Mercer , April 29, 2013
MERCER: Mickelson laid cornerstone for economic development
It wasn’t just farmers and ranchers in trouble. Main Streets were in desperate times, too. Mickelson understood that. His message didn’t just empathize with agriculture. He talked in a way different than any of the other Republicans or Democrats about how to build jobs.
By Bob Mercer , April 21, 2013
MERCER: The real tragedy of the 1993 crash was people knew and didn’t warn
FAA failed to order inspections on type of plane that crashed and killed SD gov after similar incident two years prior.
By Bob Mercer , April 14, 2013
MERCER: Starting second year, watershed task force has a twisting history
PIERRE -- Brad Johnson of Watertown has been an effective voice for clean water in South Dakota as chairman for the state Board of Water and Natural Resources.
By Bob Mercer , April 07, 2013
MERCER: If you’re feeling pinched, look who’s pinching you
PIERRE -- Doesn’t it seem that property taxes and government fees and utility rates and tuition prices are going up left and right? Well, they are.
By Bob Mercer , March 31, 2013
MERCER: Problems on the prairie
2013 Legislative session illustrated deepening issues of rural South Dakota.
By Bob Mercer , March 25, 2013
MERCER: Sun shines brighter as business tax breaks to be open in SD
As recently as the winter of 2008-2009, the Rounds administration resisted revealing the names of the business projects that received permits under South Dakota’s construction-tax refund system.
By Bob Mercer , March 17, 2013
MERCER: 2013 session as logical as always
Want the really bad news from the 2013 session of the Legislature? Robo-calls remain legal for political purposes.
By Bob Mercer , March 11, 2013
MERCER: Might a tax holiday cure slow economy?
PIERRE — As taxpayer relief and job incentives go, the best idea of the 2013 legislative session never stood a chance.
By Bob Mercer , March 04, 2013
MERCER: Giant fight under way regarding health care
Managed care by insurance providers attempts to control costs of health services for patients. This legislative session, South Dakota lawmakers decide whether to let patients choose physicians and other health care services outside of their insurance providers’ networks.
February 25, 2013
MERCER: Friends remember Ruth Karim
Ruth Karim left this world Feb. 10 at age 82. Her funeral Feb. 16 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pierre marks the final passing of one of the co-founders of the South Dakota Right to Life organization.
By Bob Mercer , February 18, 2013
MERCER: Local control bottom line in armed sentinels issue
Think of the opposite side of the argument. The Legislature says no. There is a deadly incident at a school without a resource officer and without law enforcement within short response time.
By Bob Mercer , February 10, 2013
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