In 2008, Governor Mike Rounds got the Legislature to enact Senate Bill 188 (now SDCL 5-14-32 through 5-14-38, weakened slightly in 2015 by HB 1029) to…
Tag: construction
TransCanada/TC Energy is plowing ahead with Keystone XL construction plans, even though its mancamps are a clear public health risk to communities along the pipeline…
Sustainable home builder Jared “Cappie” Capp of Spearfish landed his second feature on the Discovery Channel this weekend. Disovery’s Building Off the Grid featured Cappie’s…
If you’re going to Mobridge and you’re thinking of swinging through Aberdeen, don’t! The Department of Transportation is deploying destruction workers to mill and repave…
The Legislative Research Council issued last week the first monthly report on general fund receipts under the first Kristi Noem fiscal year. In good news—if…
Don’t expect savings on road projects to help offset our sagging state revenues. Bob Mercer listened in on the South Dakota Transportation Commission’s meeting Tuesday…
Senator M. Michael Rounds was thrilled to announce that South Dakota is not full and needs more foreign workers to fill out construction and tourism jobs:…
If you’re coming to Aberdeen from anywhere east in August (like for the Brown County Fair!), you might want to come up 281. Bob Mercer…
More people bought tattoos and tacky shirts in Sturgis last month, but Rally sales didn’t lift the rest of the state. According to the Legislative…
Even though Donald Trump’s proposed border wall is geographically ignorant, economically counterproductive, and locally unwelcome, our looming dictator still plans to expand the border wall. But…