The State of South Dakota helped fund construction of Northern Beef Packers. That Aberdeen slaughterhouse is now bankrupt, leaving workers, investors, and taxpayers holding the bag. The state can avoid a similar mistake by denying the mining and water use…
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The New York Times last week ran a fascinating map of economic mobility in the United States. South Dakota sites amidst a belt of Grain Plains opportunity, where apparently young people have a better chance of climbing from the bottom…
CNBC says South Dakota is the best state in America for business! Whoo-hoo! Of course, CNBC has its own pro-corporate agenda, so are we to trust this ranking? I could counter with what you might brand liberal class-warfare responses. I…
If I owned apartments, I would ban smoking in them. I don't allow smoking in my own home; why would I allow it in any of my other properties? Smoking increases my cleaning costs, increases the risk that some yahoo…
John Morrell's workers in Sioux Falls will soon see their checks printed in Mandarin: Chinese meat processor Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. for approximately $4.72 billion in a deal that will take the world’s…
Rep. Kristi Noem is pretending that the "Working Families Flexibility Act" will help workers by allowing employers to offer employees comp time instead of extra pay for overtime. The bill is really about giving management (a.k.a., the corporate cronies who…
Jeremy Koel wants to give you something else to look at as you head west on Highway 34: another junkyard. Koel went to the Lake County Commission Tuesday to request a variance, a conditional use permit, and an extended home…
Last month Hyperion released its last 24 land options in Union County. Hyperion's proposed refinery near Elk Point has thus returned as fully to square one as possible. The complete failure of the Hyperion project to get off the ground…