As Senator Bernie Sanders will tell you, the Republican war on the middle class is bad for democracy and for capitalism. But could the GOP’s class warfare have…
Tag: economy
The Black Hills Pioneer posts a list of the ten best counties in South Dakota for incoming investment, based on an index created by New York-based Smart…
Declines in public-sector employment and wages have dragged down the recovery from the 2008 recession. Those declines have also disproportionately hurt minority workers: Part of the reason…
Part 3 of Dakotafire‘s coverage of South Dakota’s teacher shortage wonders if the Blue Ribbon panel’s 30th recommendation should have been recruiting moms to teach: “Being a teacher…
Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index continues to find broad economic pessimism among supply managers from North Dakota to Arkansas. Institute for Economic Inquiry director Ernie Goss says…
GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated in Wednesday night’s debate in Boulder that he’ll cut taxes $10 trillion without increasing the deficit, thanks to the fact that…
Finding $75 million to increase pay is $32 million more difficult, according to information presented to the state Council of Economic Advisers yesterday: Jim Terwilliger told members…
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…