It’s pretty hard to write so much about the Legislature without thinking up ideas for good legislation of my own. I’ve offered blog bills in…
Tag: economic development
Feedlot fanatic Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) continues to press his one-track vision of rural economic development by threatening to take away state aid to…
Ten years ago I suggested Madison’s Chamber of Commerce and Lake Area Improvement Corporation recruit developers to resurrect the Lake Park Hotel. A classy hotel…
KSFY featured the three major gubernatorial candidates this week, Democrat Billie Sutton and Republicans Marty Jackley and Kristi Noem. Senator Sutton said the Republican Legislature’s…
Sioux Falls non-profit Conscious Youth Solutions is holding a “Diversity and Inclusion Summit” next week Thursday, November 2, at the downtown Holiday Inn. Unlike the dreary stream…
SDPB’s Larry Rohrer hops on his recumbent bicycle and gets Governor Dennis Daugaard and Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels to ride with him on Pierre’s pleasant…
Business-minded Rapid City Republican and son of World-War-2 refugees John Tsitrian joins his businessy friends in Sioux Falls in calling for the state to repeal…
One of the advantages of living in town over living in the country is that folks should be able to walk to the grocery store.…
Hey, Sioux Falls ex-pats! The Sioux Falls Development Foundation wants you to come back, and they’re willing to serve free beer to get you! Back…
A couple weeks ago I pointed out sizable cuts that Donald Trump would make to USDA Rural Development programs. Those cuts would cost South Dakota…