South Dakota on Thursday July 02, 2009

SD: Sioux Falls' growth outpaces rest of region
By Nestor Ramos, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
Sioux Falls still is growing far faster than any city in the region and remains among the fastest-growing cities in the country, newly released census estimates show.
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SD: City attorney-- Payday lender limits must come from legislature
Staff reports, Rapid City Journal
The city cannot move forward with licensing payday lenders, the Rapid City Legal & Finance Committee was told Wednesday.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles
By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system.
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Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes.
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US: Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes
By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor
More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes.
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US: Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state
By The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news.
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