The South Dakota State Employees Organization is calling for the Legislature to study state worker pay and benefits. SDSEO exec Eric Olilla tells WNAX that…
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Happy New Year! It’s 2020! Or, in the Trumpistan inhabited by Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, is it 1620? Cartoonist Jo Johnson…
John Tsitrian reported back in April on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee’s study of brain drain, which showed that South Dakota is worse at keeping…
Plus, Hearing Caller Color, and Comments on Comments a guest column by Dave Baumeister Recently, I was at a symposium addressed by South Dakota Secretary…
It pains me to have missed Neel Kashkari’s visit to Aberdeen last week, but I am pleased to see that the Minneapolis Fed chief brought…
Anti-labor, anti-youth Republicans David and Al Novstrup resisted raising South Dakota’s minimum wage on the ridiculous argument that cutting wages gives young workers more opportunities.…
Even Senator Mike Rounds has to admit that Donald Trump’s rabid and thoughtless xenophobia is hurting South Dakota businesses: Members of the South Dakota congressional…
The state Department of Tourism just issued a March slideshow by the British firm Tourism Economics analyzing the economic impact of tourism in South Dakota in…
Even Uncle Sam takes advantage of South Dakota’s low-wage business climate. Mike Maciag of Governing finds that while only 6% of federal employees make less than…
Sister Pat Prunty from the Presentatation convent came to crackerbarrel, as the Sisters regularly do, to ask legislators about relieving the poor of the regressive…