The New York Times reports that South Dakota is #4 among the "Terrible 10"... for regressive state and local taxes. According to data from a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the percentage of income that…
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Iowa Democrats didn't get beat up as badly as South Dakota Democrats in the midterms. Iowa Democrats lost some but not all statewide races, and they still hold a slim majority in their State Senate. But they are talking seriously…
Want to meet the King of the Netherlands? Go to Emmetsburg, Iowa, Wednesday and see His Majesty Willem-Alexander break a wooden shoe across the bow of the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the country. The King is coming because…
I remain fascinated by Governor Dennis Daugaard's decision to close I-29 and turn Exit 4 into a levee to divert flood water from the Big Sioux River into McCook Lake. While the action proved unnecessary—the Big Sioux crested earlier and…
Ben Nesselhuf is doing good work in Iowa. The former South Dakota Democratic Party boss left last summer to run Jim Mowrer's campaign to unseat Republican Congressman Steve King in Iowa's Fourth District, around Sioux City and the northwest corner…
Here's one more reason for South Dakota Democrats to stop staring at their shoes and get out and fight. According to a new report from number-hungry Northern Plains News, Democrats make up a higher percentage of South Dakota's electorate than…
There are eager readers, and there are really eager readers. A friend of the blog cogitates on the GOED/EB-5/NBP scandal and decides to place the affair in recent historical context. In this essay, our friend reminds us that South Dakota…
Trailer manufacturer SmithCo is moving its corporate headquarters from Le Mars, Iowa, about 40 miles west to Elk Point, South Dakota. With the help of a low-interest loan from Governor Dennis Daugaard, SmithCo will also open a sales outpost in…