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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, Justice System, Local Government, Lawyers
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Importance of education funding
It's not often that I will wholeheartedly agree with a newspaper editorial, but Sept. 14, the American News published an editorial supporting the one-cent sales tax ballot initiative. Not only do I vigorously support this ballot initiative, but I...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Voting, Constitutional Issues, Property Tax, Economy, Business and Finance
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Medical tax remains unpopular for S.D. legislators
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — Tax systems reveal much about a people’s values. In South Dakota, we don’t tax your personal earnings, but we tax your purchases. We tax clothes and shoes and coats. We tax food. We tax the value of your real estate. We tax...Tags: Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Dennis Daugaard, Property Tax, Hospitals and Clinics
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Governor's business-grant program headed for vote
American News CorrespondentSouth Dakota voters won’t know until next year who will be the candidates in the 2012 elections. But they now know that the issue of state grants for large business projects, a program that Gov. Dennis Daugaard wanted to start in 2013, very likely...Tags: Democratic Party, Dennis Daugaard, TransCanada Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Policy
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GFP Commission considers 30-year deal at Oahe Marina
A tough business decision landed in the laps of state Game, Fish and Parks Commission members Thursday regarding the future of Oahe Marina. The facility suffered heavy damage during the Missouri River flood earlier this year. The choice facing the...Tags: Jim McMahon, Business
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GFP reluctantly agrees to new lease for Oahe Marina
The reluctance with which the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission extended the operating lease for the Oahe Marina concession Friday was unmistakable. The commission agreed to add 10 years to the current lease. That means Steve Rounds of Pierre can...Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Justice System, Jim McMahon, Economy, Business and Finance, Insurance
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Rule change might reduce fuel disruptions in South Dakota
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — An official for the Magellan pipeline company, which has distribution terminals at Watertown and Sioux Falls, said Tuesday gasoline supply disruptions would be less likely in South Dakota under a change in volatility standards being...Tags: Watertown, Standards, Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology
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Developer: Aberdeen could be more open to diverse minorities
Aberdeen's economic numbers look good, but there is an important area in which the community could do better, Jim Barringer said Thursday during the Aberdeen Development Corp.'s annual meeting. Barringer, the development corporation's executive vice...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment
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Six months in, Daugaard keeps his principles but adapts to the faster pace
American News CorrespondentThe life of a man changes when he takes office as governor. In the six-plus months since he recited the oath and moved into the executive suite at the Capitol building, now at age 58, Dennis Daugaard has found that out, in ways big and small. There...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Primaries, Health, Natural Resources, Social Issues
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Supreme Court OKs `judicial carpetbagging¿
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — Decisions often come down to the places the deciders are from. In South Dakota, that’s why we have representative ward-type systems in some city and county governments. For the same reason, we have 35 geographic districts for the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Dennis Daugaard, Justice System, Constitutional Issues, Judges
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Judge serves justice
jnatalie-lees@aberdeennews.comWhen Judge Scott Myren was in law school, he thought he would never be a judge — until a professor told him he had the right qualities to be one. "I always thought you had to be super brilliant to be a judge," Myren said. "I looked around in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Colleges and Universities, University of Pennsylvania
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State auditors track funds that went awry for jet engines
The people who run governments for us sometimes need reminders they have to follow the rules, too. That’s one of the reasons South Dakota has a state Department of Legislative Audit. Sometimes the accountants’ findings seem picky....Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Travel, Economy, Business and Finance
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