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Posts tagged as “recession”

South Dakota Income Grows 1.5%, Still Recovering from Recession

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has tallied personal income by state for 2010. The good news: everybody got richer! Well, every state did. After a really rotten 2009, which brought a 1.7% drop, states saw personal income grow in 2010…

Frankenfeld: Daugaard Budget Cuts Could Nuke 9000 Jobs

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…

Strong Labor, Strong Economy

"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…