SD: One in six kids in S.D. fighting poverty
One in six South Dakota children live in poverty, according to a report issued Tuesday by a children's advocacy group.
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Archive of South Dakota on Wednesday July 01, 2009
SD: One in six kids in S.D. fighting poverty
One in six South Dakota children live in poverty, according to a report issued Tuesday by a children's advocacy group. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More
SD: Xcel Energy seeks rate increase
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy on Tuesday applied for an electric rate increase that would raise the monthly bill for a typical residential user by 12.4 percent, or $8.55. Read More
SD: Storm facing tough loss: S.D. license
The Sioux Falls Storm must pay or appeal a South Dakota sales tax bill by July 7 or risk losing its business license, a team official says. Read More
SD: New open records law takes effect Wednesday in S.D.
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakotans will get more access to government records under a new law that follows the lead of most other states in presuming that documents are open unless there's a good reason to keep them secret. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More
US: Some hard-hit states get less stimulus
Some of the states worst hit by the recession are getting far less federal economic-stimulus money per person than states faring better. Read More
WI: Milwaukee edges up in population
When it comes to demographics, a small number can be a very big deal. Read More |