Representative Kyle Schoenfish (R-19/Scotland) doesn’t have much to say, but at least he says something. Two weeks into the Legislative Session, I haven’t seen a…
Tag: housing
Maybe one check on our bloated consumerism will be the decrease in homeownership. The Census Bureau says homeownership rates have climbed a bit since 2016…
Aberdeen city councilman Mark Remily wants to talk about inspecting rental properties in our fair city. Aberdeen does fire and safety inspections on rental properties…
Not yet tanked by the Trump tariffs is the big soybean plant AGP is building here in Aberdeen. AGP has been cagy about telling us…
South Dakota communities have until this Friday, August 18, to get in line for grants from the state’s new “Bulldoze, Build, and Beautify” program. The…
Dana Ferguson tracks down an excellent example of how the crime victims’ bill of rights, the astroturf vanity amendment that California billionaire Henry T. Nicholas…
Speaking of affordable housing, the National Low Income Housing Coalition finds that South Dakota has the third most affordable rent in the country. Defining “affordable” as…
A tax increment finance (TIF) district is supposed to be a neighborhood that the city council declares economically depressed and in need of subsidized property…
Every candidate running for Governor and for South Dakota’s lone House seat should be ready to answer this question: How will you protect South Dakota from Donald…
I have previously lamented the Legislature’s failure to include ballot measure organizers on the Initiative and Referendum Task Force that they created with House Bill 1141. Of fifteen members, only…