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Tag: statistics
The South Dakota Department of Transportation has posted its traffic counts for vehicles entering Sturgis during the 75th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally which occupied the…
Governing crunches a whole lot of numbers from the IRS to determine where wealth moved in the United States from 2011 to 2012. The IRS data show the…
In raw dollars, South Dakota’s $8.50 an hour is the 11th-best in the nation. Nine states and D.C. guarantee a higher basic wage. No neighboring…
Labor Secretary Marcia Hultman told the Legislative Planning Committee yesterday that her department is working with the Department of Education and the Board of Regents to publish information online about job…
The Blue Ribbon K-12 task force starts its first meeting in Pierre this morning at 9:30 Central. The Governor’s handpicked panel will be talking K-12 funding,…
In our continuing effort to burst Governor Dennis Daugaard’s hogwash bubble, USA Today notes that South Dakota has no income tax and still ranks us as the eighth worst state…
Quick update on my June 24 post on job growth post-minimum wage—we can now add South Dakota’s May figures for labor force, jobs, and unemployment,…
On the 239th anniversary of our country’s Declaration of Independence, I find South Dakota’s Bureau of Human Resources flying the flag and stating that our state government proudly employs…
Wait a minute: Monday I reported that South Dakota is led the region for job growth in May. Wasn’t raising the minimum wage supposed to kill…