Last spring, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed House Bill 1056 to ban low-income South Dakotans from using their SNAP benefits to buy pop…
Tag: South Dakota Retailers Association
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…
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…
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…
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 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…