“Aggressive” is a vague term used by cheerleaders and by country bumpkins who’ve watched too many farm-implement commercials. Governor Kristi Noem promises to deliver an…
Tag: economic development
My paywalled local weekend paper reported stats from the Economic Innovation Group showing that, from 2007 to 2017, 80% of counties across the country lost…
Remember how back in September the state Board of Economic Development rejected Triple H Wind Farm’s request for a sales tax kickback? Just kidding—Merry Christmas!…
A couple months ago, in response to a report showing that Northern State University has a lot of underused classrooms and dorms, I suggested that…
Google is bringing Sarpy County, Nebraska, its eighth big data center, promising to create at least 30 permanent jobs. Meanwhile, at the bottom of Bob…
In Fiscal Year 2019, the Board of Economic Development gave out $31.49 million in corporate welfare checks from the Reinvestment Payment Program to thirteen big…
Jared Carson sounds like a heck of a guy. His local paper, the Custer County Chronicle, named him Citizen of the Year for 2018 for…
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s latest CAFO bribe is $477,585 in tax rebates offered to Hand County if it will let Kirk Aughenbaugh of…
And here I thought the USDA’s making hemp eligible for crop insurance would change Kristi’s mind…. Governor Kristi Noem still can’t tell the difference between…
If Kristi Noem wants answers to her 319 questions about industrial hemp, maybe she should have gone with Sioux Falls City Councilman Pat Starr to…