Republican legislative leaders respond to a question during Newspaper Day at the Legislature on Thursday, Jan. 26. From left: press conference moderator Carson Walker, CEO of South Dakota News Watch; House Majority Leader Will Mortenson of Pierre; Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree of Madison and Senate Assistant Majority Leader Michael Diedrich of Rapid City. (Photo: Jeremy Waltner/Freeman Courier)
PIERRE — Republican legislative leaders are promising a conservative approach to the various tax cut bills that have been submitted during this session of the Legislature. Democratic leaders, who for years have backed a sales tax cut on food, aren’t entirely optimistic about the fate of this year’s tax cut legislation.
Their comments were made on Thursday, Jan. 26, to a group of...