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There was bad news and good news for South Dakota in a recent study of online labor demand in August, according to The Conference Board. The bad news was online labor demand -- online job postings -- increased in 46 of the 50 states, but not South Dakota. South Dakota joined Arizona...

PIERRE -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the Legislature believed so much that career readiness certificates should become part of South Dakota's culture that they offered 4,000 free slots to school districts for a trial run in their high schools this academic year. So far, 25 districts,...

Teens and young adults are working less -- a lot less. Nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither in school nor in the workforce, according to the annual KIDS COUNT report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The number of working youth has dropped by almost half since...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A Sturgis couple is accused of lying about taking money from foreign workers to help them find jobs in motels and resorts in the Black Hills. The Rapid City Journal reported 50-year-old Scott Kaubisch and 53-year-old Sheila Kaubisch were indicted by a federal...

ABERDEEN -- Two hundred sixty Northern Beef Packers workers are readjusting their lives after the shock of being laid off from their jobs three weeks ago. Some have found jobs, some are still looking for employment and some have left the area. The group most likely to leave Aberdeen...

RAPID CITY (AP) — North Dakota-based United Tribes Technical College has expanded into western South Dakota's Black Hills. The new Rapid City branch, housed in the old National American University building, could provide much-needed skilled labor for the Bakken oil fields in...

PIERRE (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation has received a $418,000 federal grant to help train long-term dislocated workers for high-demand occupations. State Labor Secretary Pam Roberts says the department refers people to training that will lead to jobs...

LOOMIS -- An area man who says he was unfairly fired from his job at the Poet ethanol plant in Loomis after he was injured at work is appealing a judge's decision to throw out his claim. On Monday, Brice Cody, of rural Letcher, and his attorney Stephanie Pochop, of Gregory, filed...

ABERDEEN (AP) -- The Northern Beef Packers plant in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen is delaying worker paychecks because of financial woes. Employees were told Wednesday that their Friday paychecks would not be distributed. Officials hope to issue them early next week,...

South Dakota Democrats and labor partners are seeking an initiated measure to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.50 per hour, with annual cost of living increases. "South Dakotans know our economy is stronger when we reward honest work with honest wages," said state Democratic...

PIERRE -- The state workers-compensation advisory council decided Thursday there should be a look at why the federal government reports more deaths of people on the job in South Dakota than state government does. Mark Anderson, who represents the South Dakota AFL-CIO labor organization,...

The annual Dakota Wesleyan University Community Plunge invites Mitchell-area businesses and organizations to register for this year's event. Community Plunge began at DWU five years ago as an opportunity for businesses and organizations to look for employees and volunteers and...

PIERRE -- The package approved by the Legislature of salary increases, pay adjustments and extra funding to cover a large shortfall in the self-insurance coverage for state government employees will cost in the neighborhood of $47.4 million for the fiscal year that began Monday. ...