Senate Bill 156 was originally a big mess of state overreach on illegal immigration, threatening to bust anyone who gave illegal immigrants a ride or let them into the house. But now the bill is getting dow to business... literally.…
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Even my lovely wife says I have too many tabs open on my browser (current count: 19). Time to clear the queue! Here's the South Dakota news I'm reading about: David Chicoine, president of my noble alma mater South Dakota…
Governor Daugaard staunchly opposes raising taxes to solve South Dakota's budget deficit: I... believe that the worse [sic] time to raise taxes is when you're trying to climb out of a recession. I think that will have every bit of…
The December job numbers for Lake County and neighbors brought little holiday cheer. The following table shows job numbers for each county for December, 2010, followed by the monthly and yearly change for each county: County Period Workers Jobs Unemployed…
"Labor union" is a dirty phrase in South Dakota. We tout our status as a "right-to-work" state, which translates into more power for management, not labor. Our attorney general is eagerly preparing to defend the union-weakening constitutional amendment the voters…
Our new frugal Governor Dennis Daugaard is raising his lieutenant's pay 578%. As part-time lieutenant governor, Daugaard made $17,699. As governor, Daugaard is elevating the lieutenant's position to full-time status and paying Matt Michels $120,000 to do the job. Ms.…
That darned Madison Daily Leader beat me to the local unemployment numbers for November! According to the South Dakota Department of Labor, Lake County saw unemployment rise in the run-up to the holidays, from 4.6% in October to 5.0% in…
The Bureau of Economic Analysis just released its report on county compensation by industry for 2009. Average compensation per job increased 1.2%, to just about $57,000. Unfortunately, fewer people had jobs, so the total amount of compensation went down 3.2%.…