Here’s another question Governor Kristi Noem would find “hostile“: How can the “strongest economy in America” have six of America’s fifteen counties with the highest…
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The economic analysis of the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds prepared by Minneapolis consultancy CSL International and Tennessee fairgrounds architect Charles D. Smith includes a couple more statistical nuggets…
President Joe Biden’s pardon of pot possessors appears to scrub federal convictions from 6,577 citizens’ records. The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s tally supports the argument that marijuana…
On Friday, Governor Kristi Noem exhorted people to “Join me in continuing to support our robust tourism industry” and “welcome and encourage every visitor to…
South Dakotans produced 2.0% more goods and services per hour worked in 2021 than they did in 2020. That’s 21st-highest in the U.S., but alas,…
How can “the strongest economy in the nation” not have the strongest job growth in the nation? The Bureau of Labor Statistics released August job…
Once I start looking at the voter registration tables, I just keep going: Registered Republicans don’t make up a majority of South Dakota voters yet,…
The good news: the Department of Transportation counted over half a million vehicles entering Sturgis during the famed motorcycle Rally that ended last weekend. The…
KELO-TV catches up with South Dakota Standard and Dakota Free Press in debunking Governor Kristi Noem’s persistent and blithe claim that South Dakota has “the strongest economy in…
SDCL 12-21-11 allows losing Legislative candidates to call for a recount if they come within two percentage points of the candidates who beat them. Three…