County sales tax emerges as last major property tax reduction proposal standing in Legislature

By: Makenzie Huber

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 1,217

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Rapid City Republican Sen. Taffy Howard stood in the South Dakota Senate on Monday, saying she’d begrudgingly vote for authorizing counties to charge sales taxes.

“I’m not happy that we’re going to go back to our citizens and say, ‘Probably the only way we’re going to get property tax relief this year is through a new tax,’” Howard said. “I find that abhorrent.”

Yet she voted for the bill, which passed the Senate 20-14 …

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