With Senator Maher’s warning in mind that South Dakota’s labor data undershoot the full scope of unemployment, let’s look at today’s April employment report for…
Month: May 2020
Lee Strubinger reports that South Dakota “is sitting on $1.25 billion in federal relief money.” Governor Kristi Noem is claiming that the feds won’t let…
In its half-hourly newsblurb yesterday evening, SDPB led the weekly South Dakota unemployment filings report by chipperly stating that jobless claims fell last week to…
Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman is all about advertising. He advertises his marketing business in the first sentence of his official city government bio. A commenter…
Wait—coronavirus is blowing holes in South Dakota’s budget and everyone else’s, and Governor Kristi Noem says we probably don’t need a Special Session? Governor Kristi…
Republicans in Washington want to give businesses immunity from lawsuits over coronavirus, blocking workers and customers from suing for infections they catch while working or…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wonders if physical classrooms are obsolete: Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested today that remote learning could become a permanent part of…
Brown County saw nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus Saturday, eight Sunday, six Monday, six Tuesday, and five today. Given that the three previous weeks…
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development thought three weeks ago that its SB 192 tranche of $10.5 million in Small Business Economic Disaster Relief loans…
In his continuing effort to write his own Onion articles, Donald Trump trod dopily around an Arizona mask factory without wearing a mask yesterday while…