The South Dakota Legislature may make it easier to make others beautiful. House Bill 1026, requested by the Department of Labor and Regulation, would reduce…
Tag: labor
It’s pretty hard to write so much about the Legislature without thinking up ideas for good legislation of my own. I’ve offered blog bills in…
Rep. Mike Stevens (R-18/Yankton) told the Yankton school board last night that the 2018 Legislature may consider 150 more bills than last year. That would…
An eager labor-minded reader forwards me this interview with author Malcolm Harris, who says the shift of job training to public education has shifted costs…
If you think I’m exaggerating the negative impact of the Trump-Tax-driven closure of the Molded Fiber Glass plant in Aberdeen, check out the Aberdeen American…
…and Immigrants Promote Marriage! Maybe the Farm Bureau is backing the Trump Tax because they are a bunch of corporate tools. Or maybe they’re willing…
No big news here—just neighbors talking to neighbors, seeing if they can help. At its regular meeting this morning, the Aberdeen Area Diversity Coalition discussed…
Already convinced that Senator John Thune’s tax talk is bunk is Rapid City businessman and Republican blogger John Tsitrian. He sees through the temporary tricks…
The South Dakota Legislature briefly considered a Scott Walker/Wisconsin-style ban on collective bargaining for public employees in 2012. That bill quickly failed. But our Republican…
I’ve expressed opposition to employers’ and prospective employers’ snooping through the social media accounts of their workers and job applicants. If my liberal/libertarian concerns about…