John Tsitrian contributes the latest evidence that Governor Kristi Noem’s frequently repeated claim that South Dakota has “the strongest economy in America” is flat wrong:…
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What good is freedom if you can’t afford a place to live? Bart Pfankuch reports that South Dakota incomes aren’t keeping up with the increasing…
The economic analysis of the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds prepared by Minneapolis consultancy CSL International and Tennessee fairgrounds architect Charles D. Smith includes a couple more statistical nuggets…
KELO-TV shares some Wallet Hub/Tax Foundation numbers showing South Dakota’s state and local tax burden as a percentage of total personal income is the seventh-lowest…
If South Dakota had “the strongest economy in the nation,” we’d be making more money than the national average, right? According to the Bureau of…
While the Governor drafts ineffectual culture-war bills of no practical import for most South Dakotans’ daily lives, rookie Representative Mike Weisgram (R-24/Fort Pierre) puts the…
A funny thing happened on our way to the recession last year: our personal income went up. Well, maybe not yours or your cousin Billy’s,…
GOED obviously isn’t spotlighting this SmartAsset survey…. South Dakota is the worst state for higher education, say the financial advisors at SmartAsset: Looking at undergraduate…
The 5.8% statutory pay raise legislators will get in 2021 (that’s $688.40 more for each legislator, to $12,580.80 for the nine-week Session, only one week…
Our coronavirus relief checks from the $2.2-trillion emergency legislation passed last week by Congress will take a little time to arrive. Folks who’ve filed taxes…