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SD expands online delinquent business tax report
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Revenue Department has expanded an online report to identify a larger number of businesses that are delinquent in paying state taxes.
• The department can publicly list those who owe sales tax, use tax, tourism tax, municipal tax, municipal gross receipts tax, contractor's excise tax, motor vehicle leasing tax or telecommunications gross receipts tax if a lien has been filed against those people.
• The list displays the top delinquent taxpayers owing the largest amount of tax, along with how much they owe.
• State business tax director Doug Schinkel says the online report helps the Revenue Department collect delinquent taxes. He says expanding the report to include more delinquencies will support collection efforts.
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Former Sen. Pressler considers another Senate bid
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Former Sen. Larry Pressler said Monday he is considering running again for the U.S. Senate, this time as an independent.
• Pressler, 71, served three Senate terms as a Republican after first winning the seat in 1978. He lost a 1996 re-election bid to Democrat Tim Johnson, who is not seeking re-election next year after also serving three terms.
• Pressler, who lives most of the time in Washington, D.C., but maintains a home in Sioux Falls, said there is less than a 50-50 chance he will run for the Senate next year. But he said if he does run, he wants to do it as an independent because that would give him the best chance to find compromise in Congress.
• "I think I could help break the deadlock between Republicans and Democrats," he said.
• The former senator said he believes all the current announced Senate candidates are fine people, but if elected they would be locked into party positions.
• Pressler's consideration of a Senate run was first reported by the Native Sun News.
• He said if he runs, he would pledge to serve only one term so he could focus on the job without having to raise campaign funds for a re-election race.
• Former Gov. Mike Rounds, state Sen. Larry Rhoden of Union Center, state Rep. Stace Nelson of Fulton, and Sioux Falls physician Annette Bosworth are running for (Continued on page 46)
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