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Notebook: Democrats propose legislative agenda
After losses in South Dakota's 2010 elections that were even worse than usual, there are signs of new life in the Democratic Party as the 2012 session of the Legislature opens Tuesday. The strongest indication came New Year's Eve. Democratic...Tags: Conservation, Corporate Crime, Elections, Democratic Party, Wildlife
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A man who spoke for South Dakota like no one else
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — Whether he was in public office or back in private life, Gov. Bill Janklow frequently observed that people didn’t get funerals right. He said they almost always waited too long, until after a person was gone, to give the praise and...Tags: Government, Forests, Black Hills Corporation, Entertainment, Cancer
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Notebook: A man who spoke for South Dakota
Whether he was in public office or back in private life, Gov. Bill Janklow frequently observed that people didn’t get funerals right. He said they almost always waited too long, until after a person was gone, to give the praise and thanks....Tags: Forests, Government, Black Hills Corporation, Entertainment, Cancer
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BUDGET CUT EFFECTS FILTER OUT; JANKLOW ALSO WANTS TO FREEZE STATE EMPLOYEES' WAGES
Published: December 5, 1995 Th first thing Ken Melius saw when he opened a Monday newspaper was the cartoon: It showed a former state employee with a sign, "Will shuffle papers for food." For Melius, who is executive director of the South Dakota State...Tags: Government, Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Republican Party, Groton
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Brand Board seeks increase of ownership inspection fee
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — The South Dakota Brand Board will formally consider later this winter whether to raise the fee charged for livestock ownership inspections, the board’s director told members of the Legislature Monday. Larry Stearns provided the...Tags: Government, Agriculture, Agriculture, Dennis Daugaard, Budgets and Budgeting
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Governor looking to invest after $127 million in cuts
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — There is one big question that Gov. Dennis Daugaard will attempt to answer Tuesday afternoon when he steps before a joint gathering of the Legislature to deliver his 2013 budget recommendations: Can South Dakota’s economy generate...Tags: Government, Finance, Medicaid, Dennis Daugaard, Employment Opportunities
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Taxation, economic growth worth attention in South Dakota
American News CorrespondentEditor's note: This is the first of a four-part series of columns by Bob Mercer looking at suggestions for government in 2012. The remaining three columns will appear Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in the American News. PIERRE — If you sit through...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Voting, Barack Obama, Medicaid, Republican Party
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Money running short for South Dakota road systems
American News CorrespondentEditor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error. PIERRE — Congress is doing it to us again. Leaving us dangle, that is. The federal highway program expires Sept. 30. What will happen isn't clear. But here are three sets of facts to...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, John L. Mica, Travel, Crime, Law and Justice
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South Dakota wind energy task force to meet
PIERRE — The Legislature's special task force on wind energy meets Wednesday at the state Capitol to receive reports on the pluses and minuses of South Dakota's tax structure and those of other states for development of wind power. The task...Tags: Government, Watertown, BP Plc, Electricity Production and Distribution, Environmental Politics
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Wind energy task force meets today
PIERRE - The Legislature's special task force on wind energy meets today at the state Capitol to receive reports on the pluses and minuses of South Dakota's tax structure and those of other states for development of wind power. The task force will...Tags: Government, Watertown, Electricity Production and Distribution, BP Plc, Environmental Politics
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Fewer youths in state custody
PIERRE - The numbers of teenagers under jurisdiction of the state Department of Corrections steadily fell during the past decade in South Dakota and dropped below 800 in the past year. The reasons are many, according to members of the state's Council on...Tags: Government, Prisons, DOC: The Documentary Channel (tv network), University of Cincinnati, Juvenile Delinquency
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Brown County officials among those using open-meeting website
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — The Brown County Commission is one of four across the state posting meeting agendas on a special Internet page. County commissioners in Codington, Davison and Pennington also have placed agendas on the site created for that purpose on...Tags: File Sharing, Local Government, Justice System, Lawyers
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