Sioux Falls Argus Leader

...it's absolutely ludicrous to think that this is the time to pile on trillions of dollars of new debt," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

As the city continues plans to revitalize a six-block area west of downtown, residents living on the fringe of that neighborhood share similar concerns about crime, run-down housing and other issues.

Since Mayor Dave Munson stepped up police and property inspection efforts last summer, residents have met the plan with guarded optimism.

Later this month, a task force will begin focusing the city's vision of tidy neighborhoods lined with commercial, mixed-use and spared historical buildings...