Bob Mercer is able to note again that the latest voter registration figures look better for Republicans than Democrats. From any day in recent electoral…
Tag: statistics
Following my post Tuesday on South Dakota’s rising suicide rate, an eager reader helps me find the updated suicide surveillance report with 2017 data on the…
Hey, here’s a happy economic fact! South Dakota’s filthy rich aren’t as far removed from the rest of us as the national 1% are! According…
…and Creative Graphing Downplays Sioux Falls Driver Exam Wait Times! The Government Operations and Audit Committee will also hear from the Department of Public Safety…
Last year Governor Dennis Daugaard said he wanted a statewide review of tax increment financing. Last week, the Department of Revenue delivered a useful document…
Among the things we Democrats can argue about at convention just five days from now in Sioux Falls is why our voter registration numbers keep…
Here’s the weirdest little statistic I’ve been able to pull out of Tuesday’s primary results so far. Looking across the county-level results for the two…
The Legislative Research Council has released prison population data for April 2018. The state penitentiary in Sioux Falls had 4% more prisoners than projected in…
Someone in the comment section got me thinking about girls versus boys in the contests for South Dakota Legislature. Let’s stroll through some numbers, with…
The South Dakota Department of Education has posted its special education report for the 2016–2017 school year online. The report gives us mixed grades, with…