Governor Should Face Northern Beef Workers in Aberdeen Next Week
Governor Dennis Daugaard will be holding "Capital for a Day" activities in Aberdeen next Friday, August 16. "The community is invited and encouraged to participate in the events." An event everyone who...
View ArticleCrony-Capitalist Daugaard Endorses NBP Fire Sale, Shrugs at Millions in State...
Governor Dennis Daugaard joined state and local economic development officials to speak at the Brown County Fair in Aberdeen yesterday. Libertarian blogger Ken Santema attended and deemed the program a...
View Article3M, Marmen Receive First Welfare Checks from New Economic Development Fund
Governor Dennis Daugaard says South Dakota doesn't have the money to expand Medicaid. Besides, if anyone should get welfare, it's children and the disabled, not able-bodied adults. 3M must be run by...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Gave Grants to Safety Violator Adams Thermal of Canton
Michael Larson finds an embarrassing indication of the quality of oversight in South Dakota's corporate welfare program. Adams Thermal Systems of Canton received two $50,000 economic development grants...
View ArticleRep. Stace Nelson’s Hanson County Benefits from Corporate Welfare He Voted...
Here's a tricky question for Hanson County's Rep. Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton). Last March he voted against Senate Bill 235, the omnibus legislation that retooled the state's economic development...
View ArticleFood Stamp Cuts Hurt South Dakota Economy, Leave More People Hungry
We still don't have a Farm Bill because Rep. Kristi Noem thinks we have to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) by $40 billion over the next ten years. Six years of...
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Rounds Owns Northern Beef Packers Failure: Approved $2.36M in Lame-Duck Handouts
Rep. Peggy Gibson published a list of the state's handouts to now-bankrupt Northern Beef Packers in the Huron Plainsman last week. Her numbers match Scott Waltman's July report in the Aberdeen American...
View ArticleMadville Times Bill 104: Economic Development Match Funds for Education
Madville Times Legislative Proposals: MTB 101: Hemp MTB 102: Legislature MTB 103: Taxes MTB 104: Education MTB 105: Unicameral/Redistricting Madville Times readers share my concern about the need for...
View ArticleNoem: Copy South Dakota’s Economic Success.. with Big Government
Rep. Kristi Noem retools Mike Rounds's "South Dakota common sense" mantra to say the the economy would be fine if the feds just did things the way South Dakota does. Her weekly column cites the new...
View ArticleSAB Biotherapeutics Continues South Dakota Tradition of Corporate Welfare
Corporate welfare rolls on in South Dakota. Less than a month after announcing a $50-million partnership with billionaire T. Denny Sanford to fund vo-tech scholarships, Governor Dennis Daugaard is...
View ArticleGovernor Should Face Northern Beef Workers in Aberdeen Next Week
Governor Dennis Daugaard will be holding "Capital for a Day" activities in Aberdeen next Friday, August 16. "The community is invited and encouraged to participate in the events." An event everyone who...
View ArticleCrony-Capitalist Daugaard Endorses NBP Fire Sale, Shrugs at Millions in State...
Governor Dennis Daugaard joined state and local economic development officials to speak at the Brown County Fair in Aberdeen yesterday. Libertarian blogger Ken Santema attended and deemed the program a...
View Article3M, Marmen Receive First Welfare Checks from New Economic Development Fund
Governor Dennis Daugaard says South Dakota doesn't have the money to expand Medicaid. Besides, if anyone should get welfare, it's children and the disabled, not able-bodied adults. 3M must be run by...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Gave Grants to Safety Violator Adams Thermal of Canton
Michael Larson finds an embarrassing indication of the quality of oversight in South Dakota's corporate welfare program. Adams Thermal Systems of Canton received two $50,000 economic development grants...
View ArticleRep. Stace Nelson’s Hanson County Benefits from Corporate Welfare He Voted...
Here's a tricky question for Hanson County's Rep. Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton). Last March he voted against Senate Bill 235, the omnibus legislation that retooled the state's economic development...
View ArticleFood Stamp Cuts Hurt South Dakota Economy, Leave More People Hungry
We still don't have a Farm Bill because Rep. Kristi Noem thinks we have to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) by $40 billion over the next ten years. Six years of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rounds Owns Northern Beef Packers Failure: Approved $2.36M in Lame-Duck Handouts
Rep. Peggy Gibson published a list of the state's handouts to now-bankrupt Northern Beef Packers in the Huron Plainsman last week. Her numbers match Scott Waltman's July report in the Aberdeen American...
View ArticleMadville Times Bill 104: Economic Development Match Funds for Education
Madville Times Legislative Proposals: MTB 101: Hemp MTB 102: Legislature MTB 103: Taxes MTB 104: Education MTB 105: Unicameral/Redistricting Madville Times readers share my concern about the need for...
View ArticleNoem: Copy South Dakota’s Economic Success.. with Big Government
Rep. Kristi Noem retools Mike Rounds's "South Dakota common sense" mantra to say the the economy would be fine if the feds just did things the way South Dakota does. Her weekly column cites the new...
View ArticleSAB Biotherapeutics Continues South Dakota Tradition of Corporate Welfare
Corporate welfare rolls on in South Dakota. Less than a month after announcing a $50-million partnership with billionaire T. Denny Sanford to fund vo-tech scholarships, Governor Dennis Daugaard is...
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