I return to the South Dakota Board of Regents Occupational Wages Dashboard and find South Dakota doesn’t pay the worst wages in the nation. In general, workers…
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The Board of Regents continues to push the magical concept of “degree production.” Bob Mercer reports that the Regents spent three hours yesterday at their River Rock…
Jodi Schwan talks with retiring Sioux Falls Development Foundation workforce development specialist Mary Medema about what it takes to meet the demand for labor in Sioux…
Governor Dennis Daugaard showed signs this winter that he was abandoning the fantasy that South Dakota’s mythical low cost of living made up for South Dakota’s low…
At SDSU, Laurie Stenberg Nichols has been making $251,000 a year. She’s leaving to preside over the University of Wyoming, which will pay her a base…
Your Department of Labor and Regulation tweets a cute infographic showing the South Dakota equivalent average wages for Santa’s helpers at the North Pole. Naturally, such South Dakota…
Governor Dennis Daugaard says it’s the state’s job to supply workers to business. In his latest column, the Governor says government, education, and business need to work…
Teacher shortage, welder shortage, doctor shortage—for Pete’s sake! Doesn’t anyone else want to live and work in South Dakota? Not when small-town South Dakota life can…
South Dakota isn’t just short on teachers or skilled labor. It’s apparently short on applicants for even basic, low-skill positions like retail. The labor shortage…
Bob Mercer reports that the South Dakota Retirement System that the 2010 decision to scale back the retire-rehire option may be saving the state pension system millions…