Why is Neiman Enterprises shutting down its sawmill in Hill City? Permit me to suggest that climate change has reduced the level of sustainable timber…
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South Dakota’s unemployment rate in February was 2.9%, the same as it was in February 2020, before coronavirus broke out. That’s a swift recovery from…
The Minneapolis Fed discusses a working paper that crunched cell phone location data in New York City to find that low-income Americans and minorities are…
Coronavirus has posed greater health risks to older people than to younger people. According to the CDC, coronavirus hasn’t killed anyone under 30 in our…
Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan gave a good speech at the 2016 McGovern Day Dinner in Sioux Falls. He gave a great speech on the U.S.…
Another black mark of Trumpism was erased yesterday as the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service issued its Agricultural Labor Survey. Last September, the Sonny Perdue…
Representative Drew Dennert (R-3/Aberdeen) isn’t just trying to suppress absentee voting; he’s also trying to oppress our poor election workers. Facing a surge of absentee…
I see two bills so far in which the Legislature is directly addressing coronavirus. Last week I mentioned Senate Bill 3, which would extend an…
Amazon is indeed building a new warehouse in Sioux Falls, promising to hire 1,000 workers and giving our elected leaders something to brag about: Sen. John…