The South Dakota Senate approved a half cent sales tax increase yesterday designed to boost teacher pay. The final vote was 25 to 10 in favor of the bill.
Democratic Senator Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton says it was a good step for kids and the state…

Hunhoff says while democrats wanted a full penny increase, and taking it off food, they had to settle for a bill that could pass……

Governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed HB1008, a bill that would have forced trans gender students to use bathroom and locker room facilities that matched the gender on their birth certificates. That bill had started a national reaction to the ramifications.
Hunhoff says there was a bad message in the bill…..

Hunhoff says the Governor did the right thing in vetoing the bill….

Daugaard pointed to possible legal challenges as the basis for his veto.