It appears the demand for state dollars will increase in the 2016 South Dakota legislature. While the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Education fine tunes possible requests, county commissioners have already proposed an increase in the sales tax.

Senator Billie Sutton of Burke says there is one proposal out that would extend municipal sales taxes into the counties…

 

Sutton says he doesn’t think that type of approach has much of a chance…

 

Sutton, who has talked of expanding the state sales tax, says it could be done with some extra considerations…

 

Sutton says both schools and counties have strong cases for needing more revenue to avoid making big cuts in operations.