Governing posts Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing job growth over the past twelve months in all fifty states. Without counting North Dakota's dangerous and poorly regulated Bakken job boom, South Dakota is slogging along in the middle among its…
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I must have missed the Pierre press release on this one.... Forbes this month issued its ranking of the Best States for Business for 2014: Rank State Business Costs Rank Labor Supply Rank Regulatory Environment Rank Economic Climate Rank Growth…
My readers at South Dakota Magazine may not think minimum wage workers deserve any consideration, but fortunately, they are in the minority. Thanks to the good sense of 55% of South Dakota voters, minimum wage workers will get a raise…
Temporarily out of press releases from his GOP overlords, Pat Powers squawks in confused triumph over a Minnesota café that is adding a 35-cent "minimum wage fee" to every customer's bill. Minnesota just increased its minimum wage last Friday. Minnesota…
Marketwatch looks at some data from job-search site Indeed.com and declares South Dakota one of the states workers hate: Marketwatch misleads with that heading. Indeed.com's data simply show the percentage of job seekers in each state who search for jobs…
What will happen when the courts overturn South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage? Look at Minnesota, where legislators beat the courts to the punch and made gay marriage legal last year, and you'll see the answer is, not much: ...something…
Our friends from Billings gaze lovingly on Sioux Falls and conclude that the Minnesota-esque policies of adding a tax and building infrastructure are good for economic development. But even if you think South Dakota's low-taxes philosophy still gives us an…
Rick! Rick! Rick!!! I told you that you need to get Amy Poehler to come do a fundraiser for your Senate campaign. But do you listen? Do you listen? No! Now GOP Senate candidate Jason Ravnsborg goes and steals your…