Madville Times

The Bureau of Economic Analysis just released its report on county compensation by industry for 2009 . Average compensation per job increase...

Via Dr. Mankiw : Eric Hanushek 's work popped up earlier this month in our blog discussion of how the U.S. isn't producing enough sm...

Gotta beat Montgomery to the Pivot Tables ! Among the milk and honey Governor Rounds says flowed from his 2010 Initiative are job gains in ...

The good news on local labor : Lake County put 100 more people to work in October! That's 1.6% more jobs in one month—good thing harvest...

Hat tip to Great Plains Tar Sands Pipelines ! In September, I reacted with skepticism to very optimistic economic impact study TransCanada p...

Is the stimulus working? We can debate that . But more Lake County residents are definitely working! The latest figures from the South Dakot...

I just found this really good article from Matt Vasilogambros in the Iowa Independent about the proposed Hyperion refinery in Elk Point. A...

South Dakota Department of Labor data show unemployment in Lake County crept up a tick in August to 5.1%. We continued the pattern from Jul...

Troy Hadrick cites this AP article finding Americans won't take low-wage farm jobs and offers this sanctimonious conclusion: Regardless...

The stimulus package is creating jobs , even against fundamental shifts in the nature of our economy. To tackle those fundamental shifts, w...

Ask DSU, Sioux Falls P.D., Governor Rounds... In her new lackluster TV ad , GOP candidate for U.S. House Kristi Noem recycles footage from h...

Plains Justice puts out important information about TransCanada's empty promises of economic gains from the proposed Keystone XL pipeli...

The American Association of University Professors remains concerned over what they see as South Dakota State University's denial of full...

Among some things that catch my eye in Dennis Daugaard's just-released education plan is his focus on career and technical education (C...

Part 8 of the Madville Times' South Dakota State Fair Congressional Debate analysis The last question at Sunday's debate: What spec...

Sometimes my mind wanders.... Independent candidate for District 8 House Jason Bjorklund supports merit pay for teachers . I've mentione...

Lake County just can't get a clean break on unemployment figures this summer. We managed to add 20 jobs in July. Alas, we saw 30 people ...

The American Association of University Professors remains unsatisfied with Monsanto executive board member and SDSU President David Chicoine...

Americans opposed to TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline have some allies in Canada. No, not just the usual cast of fellow hippies and d...