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Union County Blocks Hyperion Rezoning with High Fees on Local Landowners

Not one of Hyperion's promises of great economic development ever materialized. But now, a year after the Dallas dreamers gave up their refinery proposal, Union County residents may pay a price to undo the regulatory contortions Hyperion wrote into their…

Sioux Falls Anti-Walmart Petition about Zoning, not Jobs

Opponents of the proposed 85th Street Walmart on the south edge of Sioux Falls have announced a petition drive to refer the city's necessary rezoning decision to a public vote. The Save Our Neighborhood folks take little interest in the…

Bakken Man Camps Not Paying County Fees; Will SD Get Same Treatment?

In the thick of the Bakken oil boom, Williams County finds some profiteers not paying their bills. Companies operating temporary housing—the infamous man camps—around Williston owe Williams County over three million dollars in fees related to their conditional use permits.…