Governor Kristi Noem continues to flog her talking point that “South Dakota has the strongest economy in America,” even though she has yet to point…
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Nepotism, sexual harassment, plane abuse—that’s all tiddly-winks compared to this nail in Kristi Noem’s coffin, right? South Dakota’s real gross domestic product lagged behind most…
South Dakota’s ag-industrial complex doesn’t cotton (corn? bean?) to hearing that agriculture generates only 5.78% of South Dakota’s gross domestic product. They thus feel compelled…
While South Dakota lets slip opportunities to expand its international trade profile, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will lead a trade mission to England and Finland in…
Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors member David Chicoine tells WNAX that South Dakota probably won’t see the same explosive post-pandemic GDP growth as the nation…
Wind turbines and federal checks have saved South Dakota’s economy from tanking and helped Governor Noem fabricate a mostly unearned budget surplus. But the Governor’s…
In June, Donald Trump was saying the economy would recover along a “rocket ship” trajectory. In April, May, and June, the economy did follow a…
Our response to coronavirus hasn’t bankrupted the country yet. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, every state saw its Gross Domestice Product decline in…
Here’s some quick coronavirus budget math: Goldman Sachs said Sunday that U.S. GDP could dip 5% in the second quarter due to the economic disruption…
Oops—wrong holiday! More coal in our stockings: those “rocket fuel” tax cuts Mike Rounds gave us for Christmas two years ago still don’t work the…