Among the five vetoes Governor Dennis Daugaard issued yesterday was one seemingly admirable rebuff to corporate welfare. The Governor said no to Senate Bill 100, a measure…
Tag: economic development
Pipestone Holdings, the same folks who think it’s harassment to say that their pig poop near Mount Vernon stinks, wants to build a 9,000-hog concentrated animal feeding operation near…
I wasn’t just dreaming. Consistent with things his administration made when it rolled out the silly “We’re Not Mars” campaign, Governor Dennis Daugaard told the Pierre Chamber of…
Meanwhile, in local corporate welfare news, my city council is formalizing some handouts to big corporations. Ordinance 16-01-03 received a favorable first reading last night, with the six…
Thirty more bills dropped into the Legislative hopper today (House leads Senate on prefiled bills, 24 to 23). Brought by Rep. Don Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) on…
Marshall Korn grew up around dairy cows in Minnesota and South Dakota. When he graduated from Garretson High School in 2001, he wanted to become a dairy…
The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department is paying Florida firm Southwick Associates $40,000 to study the economic impact of hunting, fishing, and state parks: The federal…
The State of South Dakota is providing a low-interest loan to help three Kadoka entrepreneurs make moonshine: The South Dakota Value Added Finance Authority voted 5-0…
Bob Mercer notes that the Tribal Economic Development Task Force plans to ask the Legislature to spend money to hire a tribal/reservation economic development specialist for the…
Scott Meyer is young, brilliant, ambitious… and moving out of South Dakota. After winning election to the Brookings City Commission just this spring, Meyer announced last month…