One more detail sneaks out of Denise Ross's report on Joop Bollen's inept management of Northern Beef Packers. The South Dakota Banking Commission may have exempted an honest-to-goodness bank from our bank franchise tax: Kang said once it became clear…
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The hook in Denise Ross's blockbuster EB-5 story today is that Governor Mike Rounds attended a meeting in the Capitol with economic development chief Richard Benda, EB-5 czar Joop Bollen, Northern Beef Packers CEO David Palmer, Hanul Law Firm and…
South Dakota Republicans continue to respond to charges of crony capitalism in Mike Rounds's EB-5 program by attacking the press with cries of Defamation! The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee this week pointed out that as governor, Mike Rounds "gave special…
As the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee adds the weird Northern Beef Packers–Epoch Star offshore funding deal to the pile of stinky EB-5 business on Mike Rounds's doorstep, Denise Ross adds another shady player to the game: Maverick Spade. No, Maverick…
The firms contracted by the state to review the Governor's Office of Economic Development's operations won't be looking at the agreements between SDRC, Inc., and Northern Beef Packers. Governor Daugaard insists that SDRC and its subsidiary loan partnerships, the legal…