At the end of the Mike Rounds Administration, South Dakota's cost of living was 98.5% of the national average. At the end of the second quarter of this year, South Dakota's cost of living was 100.8% of the national average.…
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My research for my latest South Dakota Magazine post revealed a South Dakota-culture-jamming statistic. Go to Governor Daugaard's own economic development website. Dennis has a nice little widget that lets prospective business recruits and the rest of us commoners compare…
Neighbor, scribe, and legislator Bernie Hunhoff spent his holiday dinner picking up on a theme I've addressed often on these pages: the myth of South Dakota's amazingly lower cost of living. Hunhoff looks at my favorite cost-of-living summary page and…
...less purchasing power for everyone. It's another crowded day on my browser: time to clear those tabs! Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed House Bill 1148, which exempts seasonal workers in our tourism industry from the minimum wage. The bill passed…
Here's news to straighten your curls: South Dakota's cost of living is higher than the national average. Say what? The last time I ran numbers on cost of living and salaries, I found that in Quarter 1 of this year,…