2014 Senate Smarter than House? The Legislative Research Council provides the 2014 Statistical Comparison, which tells us how our Legislature performed in passing bills compared to past performance. The following chart shows the number of bills floated and enacted in…
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The Pierre Capital Journal makes available this fun map of South Dakota school districts and their average teacher pay and ACT scores: Naturally, that map got me wondering: do we find any correlation between the two figures featured here, teacher…
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ranks counties for health factors and outcomes. Where do they find the healthiest living in South Dakota? Hutchinson Brookings Lincoln Hamlin Bon Homme Clay Edmunds Hughes Day Codington And where will you find the most…
Let's compare web statistics for the website that claims to be South Dakota's #1 Political Web Site and the one that really is: Data: Disclaimers: Pat presents data from Site Meter. I present data from Stat Counter. Your mileage may…
Low pay-schmo pay! Teachers love working in South Dakota! So contends Board of Regents chief Jack Warner in today's Sioux Falls paper. Compared to a national five-year new teacher attrition rate of 40% to 50%, almost three quarters of South…
The Energy Information Administration profiles energy production and consumption in each state. Some fast energy facts about South Dakota: South Dakota ranks 39th for energy production. We make 0.3% of America's energy. Minnesota produces twice that share and ranks 34th.…
The Legislature's interim education committee received a wealth of information about South Dakota's K-12 system at its Wednesday meeting. Here's an assortment of numerical trivia about our public schools: Number of school districts opting out of property tax caps: 64.…
Our Governor Dennis Daugaard and Texas Governor Rick Perry both visited Connecticut this week to try luring gun manufacturers to relocate or expand their operations away from the tyranny and oppression of sensible and popular gun control laws. Knowing that…