Here's a fact about the labor market we South Dakotans might have trouble grasping: nationwide, rural unemployment is higher than urban unemployment. Rural watchdog Daily Yonder provides this map: In February, urban (or metropolitan) unemployment stood at 8 percent, according…
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Get Pat Powers talking about government investment in economic development, and you're in for several good laughs. This morning Powers glances at the news that a third of South Dakota counties are losing population. (I run the Census data myself…
Sioux Falls and Rapid City continue to chug along in population growth. New Census estimates show the Sioux Falls metro area (Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner, and McCook counties) at 237,251 residents. As of 2012, the Rapid City metro area (Pennington and…
Gerard Depardieu and other fat-cats may have the luxury of moving to grandstand over taxes, but most of us are tied to our homes by more than the local tax structure. Tax rates just don't drive migration as much as…
Then again, maybe spending nine million dollars on Pe 'Sla won't hinder economic development for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Maybe our Lakota neighbors don't have to save up their money to create jobs on the rez. Maybe they can finally…
KOTA TV spotlights some ledger-demain by accountant Richard Barrington, who says North Dakota and South Dakota are the best states in America for young people aged 20 to 24 to get their start. The fact that Barrington thinks North Dakota…
Here's some potentially good news for Madison and Lake County... assuming you think bigger is better. According to Census Bureau estimates, from April 2010 to July 2011, Lake County was the fourth-fastest growing county in South Dakota. During that time,…