Why is South Dakota’s suicide rate double that of New York? According to new research from the Boston University School of Public Health, the youth…
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The primary solution to South Dakota’s worker shortage is to pay higher wages. I’ve said it. Billie Sutton has said it. Minneapolis Fed President Neel…
I could spend a big chunk of my morning analyzing the state school report card data tables, which show that thirteen out of 154 South…
Governor Kristi Noem’s big-government spending on rural broadband won’t be enough to save small towns from rural decline. We all know that if you want…
Rookie Representative Kaleb Weis (R-2/Aberdeen) got stuck on House Commerce and Energy and has to sit through four bills tomorrow morning. Poor guy. At least…
Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Rodney Bordeaux told the Legislature Thursday that expanding Medicaid would help South Dakota’s tribes deal with healthcare shortfalls. He said broadening…
Governor Kristi Noem better send a memo to Tony Venhuizen’s seat-warmer over in Education, Interim Secretary Ben Jones, and tell him to tell his department…
While Governor Kristi Noem has opened her administration with cramped, visionless proposals, illogical Trumpist excuse-making, and bunker-mentality sniping at other states, freshly inaugurated Governor Gavin…
In her State of the State Address Tuesday, after vowing absolutely not to raise taxes, Governor Kristi Noem led off her list of things she…
The Department of Labor and Regulation released results of its latest Employee Benefits Survey yesterday. Among other highlights, 50% of firms responding to the survey…