South Dakota agriculture relies on immigrant workers to bring in the crops, cattle, and milk. Another big South Dakota industry, tourism, relies on foreign labor to cook, clean, and…
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Deadwood recognizes that it needs to give non-gamblers more reasons to visit. I’ve suggested developing opportunities for hiking, biking and other outdoor activities that would appeal to families and adventurers.…
Back in 2012, when Governor Dennis Daugaard proposed funding the Rushmore Connector Trail between the Mickelson Trail at Hill City and Mount Rushmore, I said it sounded like…
While our Congressional delegation fights the EPA’s efforts to regulate water pollution, while Rep. G. Mark Mickelson pins his gubernatorial hopes on deregulating feedlots, while a Canadian hog producer…
The South Dakota Budget and Policy Institute surges into the teacher-pay-raise debate with a great analysis of the competing sales tax proposals. Both proposals, Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard’s…
Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether appointed a committee last summer to review the Convention and Visitors Bureau–Business Improvement District board’s use of the $2-per-room-per-night tax that Sioux Falls hotel…
KOTA reports that nine Rapid City agencies tracked 28 homeless residents and found they racked up $931,000 in costs for the city, county, and hospitals over one…
Is Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether on another power trip? Earlier this month, Mayor Huether ordered a review of the Convention and Visitors Bureau Business Improvement…
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…