The Secretary of State’s Office released Thursday its 2026 Quarter 1 Business and Economic Data Analysis Summary. This economic report, prepared by Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, is a strange document, since (1) the Secretary of State has no constitutional or statutory responsibility to analyze or publish economic data and (2) in its breakdown city-level data, the report largely ignores Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Aberdeen, the three l…
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