The Legislative Research Council this week issued the best monthly state revenue report I’ve ever read. I superlativize not because the numbers are particularly good—South…
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Yankton chose to cancel its fireworks rather than risk crowds in a two-mile area spreading coronavirus. Yankton has also canceled Riverboat Days in August and…
Governor Kristi Noem is finally getting around to spending some of the $1.25 billion South Dakota received from Uncle Sam to respond to pandemic needs.…
Amidst a public health crisis and an economic recession, one would expect that government would increase its spending to keep people and the economy healthy.…
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…
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…
We have our first state revenue report reflecting the impact of coronavirus on South Dakota’s fiscal situation. Sales tax collected in March and sent to…
In good news, coronavirus means we’re all driving less. In bad news, coronavirus means we’re all driving less. Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist predicts doom for…
Northwestern Area superintendent Ryan Bruns’s latest column mostly offers personal reflections on the coronavirus pandemic. He says the enormity of the public health crisis inclines…
On the good side, closing bars and casinos means that people who are predisposed to gamble with their money have fewer opportunities to go out…