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…
Tag: economic development
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…
On returning from a Thanksgiving holiday in New York City, gubernatorial policy analyst Kennedy Noem mused vaguely on “family, delicious food, new opportunities, and (now…
by Nancy Johnson Wirsing This article responds to a three-part series of articles in the Gregory Times Advocate by South Dakota News Watch reporter Bart…
French President Emmanuel Macron apparently thinks South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s focus on attracting businesses is good leadership. He’s making his own “Open for Business”…
More money is flowing out of Pierre in secret. Bob Mercer reports that the state Board of Economic Development approved handing $941,962 from the public…
I’m not sure KSFY’s transcript is complete, but in her State of the State speech yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem appears not to have mentioned civics…