Some days the blog writes itself: That’s Dakota Roots, your state government’s employee recruitment program, using federal government jobs to lure workers to conservative South Dakota. Oh,…
Tag: government
The Department of Energy insists that it is applying its new principle of “consent-based siting” to both the Deep Borehole Field Test, which will involve…
I remain uneasy with the proliferation of tax increment financing, especially for projects like Madison’s new commercial/residential TIF district across from the new hospital that look…
The most challenging part of this is the social aspect…. —Andy Griffith, U.S. Department of Energy, on the Deep Borehole Field Test, 2016.04.28. We may…
In his Aberdeen press conference following EB-5 czar Joop Bollen’s initial court appearance, Attorney General Marty Jackley fielded a question about holding people accountable following “several investigations……
We’ve been having a pleasant conversation with Republican District 19 Senate candidate Stace Nelson from Fulton about putting Cabinet secretaries up for election and consolidating some…
South Dakota’s Fiscal Year 2015 Single Audit Report includes this breakdown of $2.33 billion federal dollars spent in the last budget year to promote the general…
As I page through the new statewide Single Audit Report for FY 2015 (yes, we’ll get to the Department of Education this morning), I notice the list…
Last year, Yankton County Observer contributing editor Brian Hunhoff received national attention for his Sunshine Week column challenging government secrecy. This year, Hunhoff marks Sunshine Week (March 13–19) with this list of…