One possible reason for South Dakota’s low wages and nationwide, wage stagnation over the past generation: declining union membership. Marketplace visits with Washington University professor Jake Rosenfeld, who…
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In today’s Republican nominee hypocrisy file… Donald Trump says he’s committed to “ensuring the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes.” Yet purported billionaire Trump is…
I return to the South Dakota Board of Regents Occupational Wages Dashboard and find South Dakota doesn’t pay the worst wages in the nation. In general, workers…
I may not win South Dakota Right to Life’s endorsement, but at least they find me more interesting than my opponent in the District 3 Senate race.…
An eager reader points us toward the U.S. Department of Transportation order selecting Aerodynamics Inc. as the subsidized provider of flights from Watertown to Pierre…
Plus: Herseth Sandlin versus Huether in November 2018? Multiple conversations this weekend found my interlocutors asking me whether voters will approve Amendment V, the open…
Here’s why we don’t count on private sector charity to provide vital public services: Students whose families pinned private school hopes on a new state-subsidized scholarship…
District 3 voters have a clear choice on equality and inclusion in their Senate race. In its new 2016 Voters Guide, the Equality South Dakota Political…
As if sponsoring this blog isn’t enough, former Senator Stanford Adelstein shows his good non-partisan sense by endorsing Amendment V, the open non-partisan primary proposal. Adelstein says he…