Governor Kristi Noem’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget includes several returns to the tax-dollar trough for construction projects that have overrun their original appropriations “due to…
Tag: inflation
Giving 43 million Americans a $300-billion to $600-billion break on their student loans has got to have some impact on the economy, right? Maybe not,…
The South Dakota Retirement System lost money in Fiscal Year 2022, just like pretty much everyone else playing the stock market. But South Dakota’s esteemed…
A good chunk of South Dakota’s $115.5-million budget surplus for Fiscal Year 2022 came from collecting $36.6 million more in sales tax than expected. But…
We understand that Republicans don’t really care what’s in the Schumer-Manchin budget deal. To cry constantly for Democrats to do something about inflation only to…
Governor Kristi Noem managed not to use the flatly false phrase “strongest economy in the nation” in her most recent weekly state propaganda piece. But…
Remote work may tamp down inflation, says a new study that finds workers trading raises for the pleasure of working at home: In a new…
Speaking of fighting inflation by seeking economic alternatives, more of my friends back in Madison are using the community garden to reduce the impact of…
Governor Kristi Noem would really like to blame President Joe Biden for higher housing costs, and I’d really like to blame Governor Noem, but really,…