Among the first bills from the Governor is House Bill 1022, in which the Department of Education requests the $6 million in emergency funding to…
Tag: American Rescue Plan
In good news for actual practical policy, the South Dakota Housing Development Authority reported to the Legislature’s Executive Board Tuesday that it has finally started…
Maybe Kristi Noem would prefer to name sewer systems for President Joe Biden. Noem proposes throwing $50 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds down…
Contrary to my frequent criticism, Governor Kristi Noem doesn’t completely refuse to invest in science and public health. Her proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget includes…
Recognizing the error of city leaders in the 1980s who scorned cooperation with the WEB Water system, Aberdeen leaders are offering to share their big…
South Dakota state government will not get as much from the American Rescue Plan as it did from last year’s CARES Act. While we got…
South Dakota’s gross domestic product shrank by 1.7% in 2020. That’s better than the national pandemic recession of 3.5% in 2020. We also led the…