• Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, April 10, 2013
• Trade with China benefits us all
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard and business leaders have been so busy during their trip to China that Daugaard compared the schedule of meetings to "speed dating."
• The 11 South Dakota business leaders, three ag representatives and the governor have plans for more than 80 meetings with Chinese business leaders in the weeklong trip. The goal is to try to get more business for South Dakota companies.
• Daugaard's delegation traveled with the help of a federal grant to open up opportunities for trade. China is South Dakota's third largest foreign trading partner, even though the state has the lowest amount of exports to the country of any state. That shows potential that South Dakota businesses like.
• We like that the governor has something of a world view and wants to take an active role in helping state businesses.
• The trip -- Daugaard's second in two years -- makes the business opportunities more legitimate to Chinese companies because they see government and industry working together. It's access that South Dakota businesses would not as easily acquire, either.
• Daugaard's active role is good. Any results that help South Dakota companies or ag producers in turn help us all.
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• Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, April 11, 2013
• College costs keep climbing
• The good news is that college graduates earn more money over their lifetimes with a degree than high school graduates without a college diploma. The bad news is the cost of getting that university degree keeps climbing.
• The Board of Regents approved tuition increases at the state's six public universities of an average of 4.4 percent. At South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, the annual tuition and fees will increase 7 percent to $9,083, and at Black Hills State University, tuition and fees will go up 4.1 percent to $7,617.
• The tuition increases will cover inflation and salary increases approved by the

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