The South Dakota Legislature convenes briefly Tuesday to hear Governor Dennis Daugaard deliver his budget address. It will be the first chance our elected officials have the chance to gather and look the Governor in the eye since Richard Benda's…
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Democratic Representative Kathy Tyler thinks the controversy surrounding the Governor's Office of Economic Development's use of the EB-5 green-card-buying program warrants Legislative scrutiny. Republican Senator Ryan Maher does not. He used his power this week to keep discussion of the…
Joan Jett managed to sound perfectly adult and equanimous over the whole "Gotta eat meat to ride South Dakota's float" publicity fiasco. But once again, South Dakota's intolerant bunker mentality has made us look like yahoos. So to restore our…
Bob Mercer reports that the Daugaard Administration has approved at least four projects funded by EB-5 visa investors since 2012: The Daugaard administration approved four projects in the past two years for a recruiter to seek foreign EB-5 investors. The…
What did they know and when did they know it? In the investigations of financial misconduct in the Governor's Office of Economic Development, we don't know much about the answer to the first question. Indications are that the feds are…
Governor Dennis Daugaard certainly isn't waiting for the public results of any state or federal investigation to render his judgment on the South Dakota Regional Center. Mr. Montgomery reports that the Governor quietly canceled our contract with the state's private…