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Mike Rounds on Welfare & PovertyRepublican SD Governor |
Former Governor Rounds' goal from the beginning was to help South Dakota grow and prosper while keeping taxes low. As governor, he launched several initiatives to attract and expand businesses, develop our economy, create jobs, improve education, and enhance the quality of life in South Dakota.
Among the many successes in during his years in office were enhanced economic development and tourism, university and technical school scholarship programs, greatly increased research and technology at state universities, accelerated development of the ethanol and wind energy sectors, and beginning construction of a science and engineering laboratory in the Homestake Mine at Lead