Last week Bob Mercer had the guts to point out Governor Kristi Noem’s bald-faced lie about South Dakota’s job recovery during the coronavirus pandemic. In…
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Governor Kristi Noem has falsely claimed that she is reading all the science on coronavirus. Noem’s economic advisors evidently aren’t reading any of the science…
Unemployment claims rose week before last, from 775 to 911. That’s a ninth of the number of claims received in the worst early week of…
One thing government is not choking is people’s desire to work. Republicans have told us that handing out $600 coronavirus relief checks on top of…
Amazon plans to build a distribution center near the I-29/I-90 intersection in northwest Sioux Falls: It’s four stories and 2 million square feet. It all…
In June, Donald Trump was saying the economy would recover along a “rocket ship” trajectory. In April, May, and June, the economy did follow a…
On Monday, Governor Kristi Noem announced a new job training program to help workers displaced by the coronavirus recession. SD Upskill will offer 22 18-credit…
No more coronavirus excuses: as the feds cut off the $600 unemployment checks that have been helping millions of out-of-work Americans survive the pandemic recession,…
Evidently some wishful thinkers have been circulating hogwash suggesting that South Dakota’s non-governance amidst coronavirus is associated with the lowest infection rates and lowest job…