South Dakota Retailers Association

2014 Retailers: Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt Kids! 2023 Retailers: Youth Employment Rising With Better Wages

Published 2023-06-21 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Back in 2014, the South Dakota Retailers said that raising South Dakota’s minimum wage would reduce job opportunities for everyone… Experienced workers may not get…

Newspapers, Retailers, Chamber, Koch Bros, Jackley Agree: Heidelberger Right, IM 24 Wrong!

Published 2019-04-18 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Guess who agrees with me that banning out-of-state contributions to ballot question committees violates the First Amendment? The South Dakota Newspaper Association, the South Dakota…

Republicans Turn SB 106 into Credit Reduction to Grab More from Retailers

Published 2017-03-06 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

House Appropriations chair Representative David Anderson grabbed Senate Bill 106 this morning and stuffed that last empty carcass bill with a tax increase. Now the Republicans who…

Youth Minimum Wage Helps District 3 Senate Campaign

Published 2016-09-05 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

This is no lie—Senator David Novstrup has helped me recruit good campaign help and turn at least one Republican into a Democrat. Writing up Referred Law 20, Novstrup’s plan…

Chamber, Retailers Join Koch Brothers in Opposing Anti-Corruption Reforms of IM 22

Published 2016-07-08 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Following up on my story yesterday on the Koch brothers’ revving up to oppose Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act, Jonathan Ellis notes that the South Dakota…

South Dakota Retailers Can’t Find Sober, Articulate Workers—Whose Fault Is That?

Published 2015-09-05 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

South Dakota isn’t just short on teachers or skilled labor. It’s apparently short on applicants for even basic, low-skill positions like retail. The labor shortage…