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Primaries settled the political futures for many legislators
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — November is still four months away, yet nearly one-third of the 35 men and women who will be members of the South Dakota Senate for the new term starting in 2013 are already elected. Those 11 don’t have opponents in the November...Tags: Democratic Party, Tim Begalka, Stan Adelstein, Primaries, Tom Hansen
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Term limits aren't really term limits in our state
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — There are pluses and minuses to the term limits that South Dakota voters placed on the Legislature through the 1992 constitutional amendment. We’re seeing again this election year that term limits don’t necessarily force a...Tags: Democratic Party, Tim Begalka, Crime, Law and Justice, Watertown, Gordon Pederson
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Thank you to Hundstad, Sigdestad
I am writing this letter to publicly thank Sen. Jim Hundstad and Rep. David Sigdestad for their combined total of 22 years of public service as legislators for the people of Brown, Spink, Marshall, Day and Roberts counties. As a former state senator,...Tags: Executive Branch, Dennis Daugaard, Regional Authority, Civil and Public Service, Politics
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Notebook: SD term limits have pros, cons
There are pluses and minuses to the term limits that South Dakota voters placed on the Legislature through the 1992 constitutional amendment. We’re seeing again this election year that term limits don’t necessarily force a legislator to leave...Tags: Democratic Party, Tim Begalka, Crime, Law and Justice, Watertown, Gordon Pederson
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Big changes for elections: New districts switching things up in area
Editor's note: This story has been edited for clarification. It's an election year, but the political parties in Brown County are still sorting their lists of potential candidates, local party officials say. For voters, that means uncertainty, at...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Kristi Noem, South Dakota Legislature, Accounting and Auditing, Government
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House approves revived court fees measure
American News CorrespondentPIERRE — South Dakota’s state courts would increase the fee to $25 for searches of the court system’s records under legislation that won preliminary approval Tuesday from the state House of Representatives. The vote was 48-19. A two-...Tags: Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Justice System, Republican Party
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S.D. House nixes 30-year limit on conservation easements
The state House of Representatives argued a long time Wednesday about — what else? — perpetuity. Specifically, House members debated whether landowners in South Dakota should continue to be allowed to engage in perpetual conservation... -
Governor speaks in Aberdeen about budget
swaltman@aberdeennews.comWhile Gov. Dennis Daugaard is proposing more money for education, Medicaid and state workers come fiscal year 2013, he said it's also important for South Dakota to remain fiscally conservative. Daugaard and lawmakers from the four legislative districts...Tags: Employment, Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch, Dennis Daugaard, Medicaid
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Tidemann wins Showmanship Competition
PIERRE - When 16 youth beef exhibitors had the chance to teach state legislators a thing or two about showing cattle in the third annual Legislative Beef Show at the 2011 South Dakota State Fair, it created a positive buzz about agriculture. The...Tags: Cattleman's Incorporated, South Dakota State University, Agricultural Research and Technology, Tom Hansen, Jim White
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Redistricting points to primaries for both parties
If the Legislature in the Oct. 24 special session adopts the plan proposed by its redistricting committee, the new boundaries will thrust some incumbents into potential primary elections next year and create some possible showdowns between incumbents of...Tags: Democratic Party, Tim Begalka, Primaries, Republican Party, Politics
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Uncertainty in redistricting
swaltman@aberdeennews.comNo matter what happens at Monday's legislative redistricting session in Pierre, the representation of northeast South Dakota in the Capitol will be considerably different come 2013. Several local legislators aren't sure they will run for re-election....Tags: Democratic Party, Public Officials, Republican Party, Politics, Voting
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Lawmakers consider changing system for electing presidents
PIERRE - The Legislature will consider whether South Dakota should join other states in agreeing to choose future U.S. presidents by national popular vote. State Sen. Bob Gray, R-Pierre, is prime sponsor of the South Dakota legislation. The measure,...Tags: Massachusetts, Crime, Law and Justice, Cooper Garnos, Illinois, California
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