It’s nice to see the stock market isn’t completely separated from reality: World financial markets were rattled by the setbacks in fighting the pandemic, which…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce yesterday that the United States is seeing a “disturbing surge” in coronavirus cases: “We’ve…
A 13% drop in sales tax revenue would usually sound a four-alarm fiscal fire. But in times of coronavirus, Sioux Falls leaders can look at…
The Snow Queen graces her provincial subjects with gold from Good King Donald: Governor Kristi Noem is unveiling the Local Government Covid Recovery Fund. Cities…
Trump fiddles while Rome does not burn—Italy, which was hit much harder by coronavirus toward the end of winter than the United States, has bounced…
Harvard researchers are developing a new, faster way to gauge America’s economic activity amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker (OI) uses near-real-time…
In early April, I argued that requiring candidates and ballot question committees to circulate paper petitions face-to-face with voters during a pandemic, without extending deadlines…
Governor Kristi Noem thinks she deserves a parade for sitting in Pierre and taking no strict government action to combat coronavirus. Instead she deserves the…
Kristi Noem’s Freedomania isn’t keeping farmers afloat amidst coronavirus. Even those great rural pillars of self-sufficiency are getting $138 million in federal coronavirus assistance: More…
As they open South Dakota News Watch‘s analysis of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on South Dakota’s small towns, Nick Lowrey and Bart Pfankuch find…