South Dakota is not in the Top Ten for states relying on sin taxes. In FY 2014, we were #11: Rhode Island: 15.9% of state revenue…
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With the Sioux Empire Fair wrapping up today, Lisa Furlong’s fake petitioners will have to take their decoy effort on the road. Watch out for their obviously…
The University of South Dakota is hosting a Gifted Education Summit tomorrow morning in Vermillion on the Old Main North Lawn. The summit will “honor First Lady Linda…
Friday I noted that South Dakota has the 11th-highest minimum wage in the nation, at $8.50 an hour. Come Saturday, Minnesota will bump us back to 12th:…
Governing ranks states by job growth for the first half of 2015. South Dakota is actually rocking out, with 2.0% job growth (8,400 new jobs) over…
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has published its 2015 Kids Count Data Book. South Dakota doesn’t come out too badly, ranking 18th overall for child welfare (we’ve held…
Legalizing pot won’t solve the teacher shortage. The Flandreau Public Schools are short a science teacher because they can’t pay enough to keep Chelsey Loney from…
Mahendra Trivedi makes the outlandish claim that he can cure cancer and make cattle and crops grow better with energy from his body. If your…
CNBC dealt Governor Dennis Daugaard’s propagandists a body blow last year by dropping South Dakota’s business-friendliness ranking from #1 to #11. Now CNNC twists the knife,…
Minnesota fur farmer Terri Petter won a state license to display her wolf pups in Deadwood last month, but she may need a new place to…