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VIEWPOINT | South Dakota's future governor has a people problem

Guest column Jodi Schwan, SiouxFalls.Business

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Jodi Schwan
Jun 09, 2026
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Buried underneath a week’s worth of state and local election news, you’ll find an important headline: Sioux Falls and Rapid City now share the nation’s lowest unemployment rate.

Both metro areas clocked in at a 1.7 percent jobless rate in April, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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