On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data for 389 metropolitan areas across the United States. In April, unemployment was lower than it…
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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,…
Meade County has been having trouble recruiting and retaining law enforcement workers. As with most of South Dakota’s workforce shortages, the solution to Meade County’s…
Uh oh—man the watchtowers! Some secret cabal is conspiring to bring more refugees to South Dakota: Motivated by the refugee crisis, a group of South…
When she purged prison leadership last summer, Governor Kristi Noem said she’d fix the problems in South Dakota’s prison system, including the poor working conditions…
How bad are working conditions at the Legislative Research Council? So bad that the Legislature’s Executive Board says they have to add regular secret meetings…
I’d suggest Stel Kline could find work out in Kadoka, but the Kadoka Press isn’t hiring or printing anymore. After begging for someone, anyone, to move…
The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office is having the same trouble retaining workers as other employers: Willie Whelchel, Chief Deputy for Pennington County Sheriff’s office says…
Reed Holwegner really doesn’t like communicating with the public. The director of the Legislative Research Council unnecessarily withheld the Ravnsborg investigation file last fall, participated in…
Last month the Sioux Falls City Council approved raises for city employees, a pro-labor move that, coming less than two months before the April 12…