Russ Olson can't take credit for Mount Rushmore; I can't take credit for intelligent blog commenters. Dear readers, thank you for a great day of commenting. In the last 18 hours, 22 of you have posted over 50 comments.(Just for…
Posts published in “South Dakota”
The South Dakota GOP is in full spin cycle over the potential referral of HB 1230, their corporate welfare bill. Senator and GOP chairman Tim Rave issued his distracting cries of partisanship Monday; Senate Majority Leader Russell Olson took to…
I confess: I want to gloat over the Tea Party's failure to gather enough signatures to refer Senate Bills 38 and 43 to a public vote, especially when contrasted with the South Dakota Dems' successful submission of nearly 23,000 signatures…
We must have worn ourselves out creating jobs in April; the latest South Dakota Department of Labor data show that Lake County's unemployment rate in May stayed at 4.7%. Total jobs in the county crept downward by five, from 6,290…
The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program holds five public meetings in July to discuss which South Dakota roads get refits in the 2012&ndash2016 cycle. Some of my neighbors will likely be attending to complain about not getting those third and fourth…
Don't shout "Success!" just yet, but state Democratic Party chairman Ben Nesselhuf appears to have earned his pay for the month. A press release from the South Dakota Democratic Party announces that it and its petition partners are submitting 22,791…
The U.S Chamber of Commerce has released its second Enterprising States report. As usual, South Dakota gets top marks for its business tax climate (i.e., its general resistance to imposing taxes on the businesses that profit from our services) and…
New documents from the bankruptcy proceeedings concerning the Veblen East industrial dairy in northeast South Dakota shed light on the machinations Richard Millner and the former owners of Veblen East undertook last fall in their failed attempt to cling to…