Cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in last summer’s federal budget reconciliation bill coincided with over 4,100 South Dakotans no longer receiving SNAP benefits.…
Tag: economic development
I’ve clearly gotten through to Jon Hansen. The Speaker of the House evidently called a ceasefire in the Republican war against initiative and referendum, bringing…
(Stalwarts… isn’t that what you get from sitting on the toilet too long reading posts on Truth Social?) Aberdeen’s economic development crowd is making a…
Yesterday Governor Larry Rhoden signed the two sensible regulations on data centers that the 2026 Legislature approved. The more sweeping bill, Senate Bill 135, requires…
Last summer, right-wing Representative Scott Odenbach (R-31/Spearfish) proposed amending a South Dakota law that limits how much water we pull from aquifers. Surprisingly, Rep. Odenbach…
The traditional Mickelson/Janklow wing of the Republican Party has been fretting that the radical rightwingers it emboldened with its tolerance of the Tea Party and…
The Rapid City Council’s Legal and Finance Committee received a fascinating report from North Carolina consultant Heather Worthington last week that notes how much more…
Balaton-based Tru Shrimp—which got an award from the Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce for renaming itself Iterro, which is supposed to be a clever Latin…
Secretary Noem better do something to bring more federal dollars to Indian Country and South Dakota. Her boss just killed the Community Development Financial Institutions…
Kristi Noem has a chance to bring some federal gravy to South Dakota. The Legislature’s State-Tribal Relations Committee is recommending that the person 18th in…