In today’s Stupid Things Our Governor Says Department, an eager reader notes that Governor Kristi Noem says on the radio that South Dakota is advertising…
Tag: economic development
Amazon plans to build a distribution center near the I-29/I-90 intersection in northwest Sioux Falls: It’s four stories and 2 million square feet. It all…
Coronavirus delivers a big hit to Sioux Falls downtown development as the Lloyd Companies delays breaking ground on its $200-million project to convert the old…
Seth Tupper points out with great care that the Noem Administration fibbed to us about how she—excuse me, we—would pay for her fireworks party with…
Mike Bockorny writes a lengthy column in the Aberdeen American News explaining how the Aberdeen Development Corporation has had to work really hard to save…
After losing two newspapers to market forces that don’t value local journalism, Kingsbury County is trying to establish a new weekly newspaper running on volunteer…
The Aberdeen Mall is about to lose another business. Kelda Pharris reports in my local paywalled paper that Odyssey Entertainment is going to bring to…
Alan Greenblatt writes for Governing that local governments spend three quarters of their economic development cash on tax breaks. How’s that working out? A forthcoming…
We may note with relief that Senator Jim Stalzer yesterday withdrew Senate Bill 109, the ill-advised “conscience” bill that would have allowed health care professionals…
Is South Dakota’s business model pure crap? We threaten, bribe, and finally just dissolve the power of counties to promote factory feedlots to churn out…