Conservative Faulk County rancher Troy Hadrick is taking a socialist handout to get his meatpacking project off the ground. So are some nice folks from…
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SD Delays Meatpacker Study; Feds Already Pumping Millions to Small Packers
Published 2023-10-13
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
While dishing out more corporate welfare to friendly companies Wednesday, the South Dakota Economic Development Finance Authority delayed plans to help small meatpacking projects: Additionally,…
Kyle Peters Strikes Another Blow for Crony Capitalism
Published 2023-09-21
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Rookie Watertown city councilman and Kristi Noem’s son-in-law Kyle Peters is living up to his in-laws’ family name, helping businesses secure government favors. Bob Mercer…
Senate Adds Ban on Chinese Land Buys to Defense Bill
Published 2023-07-26
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Significantly abrasive and ineffectual Governor Kristi Noem couldn’t push her Communist bill to block Chinese purchases of agricultural land through her own Republican-dominated Legislature. But…
Johnson Slapping Big-City Airports in the Face by Protecting Handouts to Pierre, Watertown, Aberdeen Flyers
Published 2023-06-16
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Representative Dusty Johnson famously said last August that relieving student loan debt is a “slap in the face” to folks who pay off their student…
Government to the Rescue of Free-Market Adventurers
Published 2023-03-13
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
As we saw when coronavirus broke out, and as we see now when banks collapse, everyone’s a capitalist until things go wrong: The Biden administration…
Wholestone Farms Gets $25M from USDA to Expand Nebraska Hoghouse, Joins Iowa Company to Add Pork Capacity—Whither Sioux Falls Slaughterhouse?
Published 2023-03-12
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Wholestone Farms won a narrow victory at the polls in Sioux Falls last November when voters rejected an initiative backed by ethanol magnate Jeff Broin…
1 in 9 Voters Want No Discussion of Slavery in School; Larger Fractions Would Ban K-12 Discussions of Socialism, Current Racism
Published 2023-03-09
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Data for Progress surveyed 1,199 likely voters nationwide last month on their views of censoring discussions of racism in schools. I am heartened to read…
Federal Government Gave South Dakota $13.83 Billion to Survive Pandemic
Published 2023-03-06
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
If Kristi Noem continues to brag about the “Freedom” and economic strength that South Dakotans have enjoyed since she became Governor, she ought to at…
Socialism Slakes Beresford’s Thirst
Published 2022-08-12
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Beresford celebrated socialism Wednesday, as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo came to cut the ribbon of Beresford’s new water tower, which…