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Posts tagged as “Minnesota”

Governor Dayton Vetoes GOP Budget, Culture War Distractions

Thesis... antithesis... synthesis... Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton shows why South Dakota could benefit from a real two-party system. The Democrat used his veto pen to reject a bad budget and a more big-government intrusion in women's medical choices passed by…

Madison Loses Two More Teachers to Minnesota

Madison Central has two more teaching positions it can reduce through attrition if it wants to. Husband and wife teaching duo Mat and Wendy Nelson have notified the school district that they are leaving to work in Minnesota. Wendy teaches…

Minnesota Taxes Business Less Than South Dakota Does

I'm surprised I didn't see this study sooner. I'm not surprised that salesman-in-chief Dennis Daugaard hasn't mentioned it. Jeff Rosenberg of MNPublius spotlights a study on state and local business taxes by Ernst and Young for the Council on State…

South Dakota Population Growth Fastest in Midwest

The Census Bureau's "Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010" brief offers some nummy numerical nuggets: South Dakota's 7.9% population growth during the first decade of this millennium was the highest growth rate among all Midwestern states. Minnesota had been…

Next Step for I-29 Corridor: Regional Taxes?

I'm having fun reading the I-29 Corridor analysis and growth strategy (draft PDF version available via Yankton city website). This project is then Brookings mayor, now District 7 State Rep. Scott Munsterman's brainchild to get everybody from Watertown down to…

Riverview Offers to Buy Veblen Dairies

Court May Finalize Deal Friday, January 28 Megadairy operator Riverview has made an offer to take the bankrupt Veblen dairies off financier AgStar's hands. According to motions filed yesterday by bankruptcy trustees Lee Ann Pierce (Veblen East, Case 10-10146, Document…

Lange: SD Can Learn from Minn. Statesmanship, ND Criminal Justice

Last week I noted the difference in fiscal politics between Minnesota and South Dakota. That essay arose from a conversation with my neighbor and outgoing state legislator Gerry Lange. In the following guest column, he exapnds the view to include…

Dairy Dozen Converts to Chapter 7; MPCA Nixes Dairy Permit Appeal

The Bernie Madoff of dairy feedlots, serial polluter Rick Millner, is having a very bad week. Millner's Veblen, South Dakota-based dairy management company the Dairy Dozen has been ging through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On Wednesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Charles…