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Posts published in November 2014

Why Not Outlaw Payday Lenders? Jones Offers Miserable Excuse

The conservatariat is bracing for battle with the unholy alliance of liberal barista Steve Hildebrand and vengeful Reverend Republican Rep. Steve Hickey, who plan to launch an initiated measure to cap interest rates at 36%. (People love coffee, and people…

Mote, Plank: Powers Chides Hult for Factual Reporting on Temp Arrest

This morning's review of Dakota War College finds Pat Powers wallowing in blogospherical inferiority and hypocrisy again. Powers finds it useful to mock that Sioux Falls paper for not making a headline out of where Sioux Falls police found a…

Minimum Wage Hikes Add 0.12% to Regental Budget

Increases in the minimum wage will increase the cost of doing business for South Dakota's public universities. The Board of Regents include in their December 2–4 agenda this summary of the fiscal impacts of the indexed increase to $8.50 that…

South Dakota Offers Higher Ed Bargain to Non-Residents and Graduate Students

Why is South Dakota beating Minnesota on freshman import-export ratio? One logical explanation is price. According to the FY2014 Accountability Report to the Council on Higher Education Policy Goals, Performance, and Accountability that the Board of Regents will discuss at…

Mines Needs Money for Classrooms, Labs, and Ladies’ Rooms

Next week the South Dakota Board of Regents will discuss Dr. Joseph A. Hartman's review of the geology and geological engineering program at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The UND geology professor visited campus last April. His…