Various business closures around the state have raised concerns about too-tight labor supply. But the announcement that Dakota Lodging is closing the 51-year-old Aberdeen Ramada Inn appears to reflect too…
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I’m finally getting through Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century. Among other enlightening points, Piketty notes in his fourteenth chapter that the increase in the share of national wealth held…
Speaking of income inequality (thank you, Senator Sanders!), Governing offers this clickable map showing that economic growth has outpaced median income growth in every state: From 2000 to…
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is not running for President (and that’s o.k.—we’ve got Bernie, and that’s plenty for me!). But it would be fun and…
If the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe can turn their bowling alley into a pot-smoking hall, the Standing Rock Reservation ought to be able to grow…
Governing ranks states by job growth for the first half of 2015. South Dakota is actually rocking out, with 2.0% job growth (8,400 new jobs) over…
CNBC dealt Governor Dennis Daugaard’s propagandists a body blow last year by dropping South Dakota’s business-friendliness ranking from #1 to #11. Now CNNC twists the knife,…
Mark Walker of that Sioux Falls paper looks at a Pew Charitable Trusts Stateline report that discusses what states are doing to help ex-offenders get back into the workforce. 70…