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…
Tag: economic development
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…
Governing looks at Census data on county industry reliance and population changes and finds some correlations that indicate challenges for economic growth in South Dakota. Counties relying heavily on retirement…
Bob Mercer notices another task force producing lots of talk but little apparent action: There was enthusiasm to some degree when Rep. Don Haggar, R-Sioux Falls, received…
The state is vigorously challenging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s intent to terminate South Dakota’s participation in the EB-5 visa investment program. John…
My reporter friends at the Aberdeen American News labor under strict prohibitions on political activity, like not being able to sign petitions. Yet their statewide political reporter (whom…