While the Supreme Court imbues corporations with the power of religious belief, Justice Samuel Alito points quietly toward the logical political response: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the court’s five more conservative justices, said a federal religious-freedom law…
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The Displaced Plainsman features another economic scorecard that doesn't fit Governor Dennis Daugaard's portrayal of South Dakota as a great place to do business... or maybe it does. Mr. Kallis finds this list of the ten best states in which…
KELO is about as good at writing headlines as Pat Powers. Today's example: Survey: 30 Percent Of SD Teaching Positions Open 30%?! Holy turnover! Nationally, the teacher attrition rate is about 16%. 30% turnover would put South Dakota on the…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds another show vote tomorrow to boost the Keystone XL pipeline. Big Oil and friends are thus cranking out a little extra Keystone XL baloney. Prairie Business offers up the American Petroleum Institute's…
Too many tabs open: time to clear the queue! Here's a potpourri of my weekend reading: 1. My friend The Displaced Plainsman offers his take on a fascinating study that finds beautiful people rationalizing their genetic good fortune into a…
The South Dakota Board of Education is looking at the placement report for 2013 vo-tech graduates. A quick glance at the charts suggests that Southeast Tech grads are having a harder time finding work in their field and in South…
The Building South Dakota Fund, the new economic development fund created in closed negotiations and a rush of last-minute Legislative action, had safeguards to ensure that, in tight budget times, education, health care, and pay for state workers would take…
But Feds Smallest Component of SD Government Jobs Mr. Epp notes that South Dakota depends on federal funding more than any neighboring state. From 2008 to 2011, the percentage of South Dakota's budget covered by federal funds during increased from…