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South Dakota: Great for Business, But No Extra Money for Schools

Rep. Kathy Tyler (D-4/Big Stone City) and teacher/blogger Michael Larson share my frustration with the South Dakota Republican Party's attitude to funding education. We all say we love our schools, but the Republicans keep finding excuses not to put our…

DocuTap Moves to Downtown Sioux Falls Building… Subsidized by Lake County

Mr. Ehrisman notices that one of the non-downtowners that Mayor Huether appointed to a Sioux Falls committee working on downtown issues is now moving his business downtown. KELO reports that Eric McDonald is moving his DocuTap electronic medical records business…

Noem Shutdown Hurts Business, GDP, Jobs

John Tsitrian says Congresswoman Kristi Noem's budget/default kamikaze votes have harmed his business and the whole economy: Some of my peers in the lodging industry are circulating numbers that show drops of anywhere from 30% to 50% for the shutdown…

Powertech May Run out of Cash Before Permit Hearings End

Here's why Mark Hollenbeck's really cheesed about the delay in the Water Management Board's hearing of his company's water permit: his company might run out of money before the board rules! In response to a severe cash crunch, Powertech Uranium…

Tax Policy Ranking Doesn’t Correlate with More Jobs or Income

Pierre has been too busy tooting its own horn about ad hoc funding for Mount Rushmore to shout much about the Tax Foundation's latest low-tax propaganda declaring South Dakota great for business and Minnesota awful due to state tax policy.…

Belle Fourche Boots Chamber of Commerce for Supporting Agriculture

With one of the higher cowboy-hat/belt-buckle concentrations in the state, Belle Fourche seems like a town that would go all out to support the ranchers and farmers that support its economy. But I could be wrong: Belle Fourche may dislike…

South Dakota 11th Best State for Business; Minnesota 8th

Forbes releases another ranking of the Best States for Business. The good news: South Dakota is #11! The bad news: the People's Republic of Minnesota is 8th. state ranks (Forbes, Sep 2013) ND NE MN SD IA WY MT Business…