We South Dakotans aren’t buying enough stuff to keep our state budget afloat. So says the Legislative Research Council’s latest report on general fund receipts:…
Tag: statistics
South Dakota lagged on three economic indicators in 2017. According to Mike Maciag’s analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis data, South Dakota had below average…
Marty Jackley broke the petition-sampling table, so Shantel Krebs had to order a new one! Last Monday, our aspiringly gubernatorial Attorney General submitted his nominating…
The Secretary of State’s office added eleven candidates to the roster of Legislative contenders yesterday. All eleven of them are West River Democrats: District 28B…
The Department of Public Safety’s Crash Analysis Tool breaks down accidents by county. As we’d expect, where there are more people, there are more crashes:…
Speaking of car wrecks, the Department of Public Safety offers hours of clickable fun with its online Crash Analysis Tool (SDCAT! how can you not…
The bad news is that South Dakota saw an 11% jump in traffic fatalities in 2017. The good news is compared to history and other…
Knock another campaign issue off Kristi Noem’s list… kinda, sorta. Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakotans committed fewer violent crimes in 2017: “The crime…
…But Better Degree Bonuses in Minnesota Seth Tupper reports on a Georgetown study that finds that, in 2015, people without four-year degrees held 55% of…