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The David Lust Accelerator Building will provide office, lab and meeting space for new startups. It's also the permanent home for economic development agencies that will serve as a resource to those startups.
Make plans now to tune in to a live South Dakota News Watch panel discussion in which experts share their views on why some state residents are pessimistic about what life will be like for future generations of South Dakotans. In the latest program within its “South Dakota Matters” series of explanatory polls and panel discussions, News Watch will bring together four South Dakota economists to discuss recent poll results that indicated pessimism among South Dakotans about their current financial status and whether life will be better for their children and future generations. The one-hour...
Long-standing economic hardships have prevented a sizable segment of the South Dakota population from achieving financial stability and prosperity, and those hurdles have resulted in a sense of pessimism for what awaits future generations, according to two experts who study the state economy. State and federal data routinely show that: South Dakota employers pay some of the lowest wages in the nation. A high number of families pay an excessive portion of their income on housing. The state has a regressive system of taxation. Many workers are not seeing their pay cover the rising cost of livin...
In The Moment … January 26th, 2021 Show 978 Hour 1 Understanding how the pandemic has impacted us here in South Dakota is a vital part of the recovery effort. Today we're looking at some of the trends for nonprofit organizations in the state through the lens of the "COVID-19 Impact on South Dakota Nonprofits Survey Analysis" from Benchmark Data Labs. Guests: Callie Schleusner is the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation. Jamie Toennies is the Executive Director of the United Way of the Black Hills. Janet Kittams is the Chief Executive Officer at the Helpline Center. Listen