Governor Kristi Noem addressed the South Dakota Legislature this afternoon. Several of her words deserve highlighting. (All quotes come from the transcript Governor Noem provided…
Tag: economic development
On Thursday, I spotlighted a September Spotlight on Northern video in which Mayor Mike Levsen discussed Northern State University, Aberdeen water quality and crime, economic development,…
Tax increment financing is that special deal local governments hand out to developers and other bigwigs to let them divert their property tax from public…
Dr. Joseph Bottum told Lori Walsh on South Dakota Public Broadcasting this noon that Hoven, Blunt, Highmore, and other South Dakota farm towns are mostly…
Not satisfied with the tax increment financing it got to incentivize a plant expansion that was already underway, Canadian cheese maker Agropur continues to try…
Frequent commenter Debbo recently shared with me this Minneapolis Star-Tribune article on retiring Minnesota Chamber of Commerce official Bill Blazar, who says immigrants are vital to…
The Aberdeen City Council last night narrowly approved first reading of an expansion of the sales tax refunds the city offers to big industrial projects.…
Not yet tanked by the Trump tariffs is the big soybean plant AGP is building here in Aberdeen. AGP has been cagy about telling us…
Weep not for Tatewin Means. Just a week after missing her shot at running state law enforcement, the multi-talented Means gets to run Thunder Valley…
I teased new Sioux Falls mayor Paul TenHaken last week for some word and spandex choices that could make his Republican backers nervous. Now this week…