First class postage cost three cents per letter. Gas ran 21 cents per gallon. A dozen eggs set you back 44 cents. A new car averaged around a thousand bucks.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen grade A large eggs was $4.15 during the month of December—an increase from $2.51 in December 2023.
Gov. Kristi Noem’s heated rhetoric on immigration belies a stark economic reality in her own state: With unemployment at 1.9% — the lowest in the country — South Dakota faces ...