The Vatican released Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ at noon in Rome this morning. The Pope says he seeks not merely the attention of his Catholic followers…
Posts tagged as “economy”
South Dakota is on top… of the lowest quintile for real state GDP growth in 2014: Two states—Alaska and Mississippi—posted GDP shrinkage in 2014. We almost joined…
SDSU Extension has issued its annual report on agricultural land values in South Dakota. As expected, lower crop prices checked the increase of land values in East River, while higher…
In our discussion of the Blue Ribbon Task Force meetings on K-12 funding, commenter SuperSweet reminds us that South Dakota is sitting on three trillion dollars in…
If you’re looking for honest, data-based blogging, turn to John Tsitrian and his quick debunking of Rapid City mayoral candidate Steve Allender’s claim in Sunday’s televised…
Yesterday I mentioned the American Legislative Exchange Council’s grumbling about South Dakota’s increased minimum wage. Today I have a chance to take a deeper look at…
A new report finds that Minnesota is bucking a national trend of increasingly regressive taxation. From 2013 to 2015, Minnesota has led a small minority of…
I dispute the assertion of my blogospheric counterweight Mr. Powers that President Obama and the EPA are waging a “war on coal.” However, even if we ascribed…
Excuse me, Governor Daugaard—did you drop this microphone? I think you forgot to give the jobs report…. Governing reports that 39 states reported job growth from December…
Senator Bernie Hunhoff (D-18/Yankton) insists “we’re making progress” toward expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Is the key to bringing our ever-recalcitrant Governor Dennis Daugaard around getting South…