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Mental Health Day Feb 19 at the State Capitol Building

Rick Knobe — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:21:57 +0000

The South Dakota Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness(NAMI) will be milling with and educating legislators on the importance of quality mental health programs, Tuesday Feb. 19th.

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Legislature: What to Know This Week

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:38:16 +0000

PIERRE - The House Education Committee is weighing a bill that would allow individual school boards to designate teachers, administrators or others to be armed with guns in hopes of protecting against an attack such as the Dec. 14 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six adults dead.

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Lawmakers Hold 1st Hearing on Justice Changes

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:07:51 +0000

PIERRE - The South Dakota Legislature is holding its first committee hearing on a plan to cut prison costs and improve the rehabilitation of convicted criminals by treating more nonviolent offenders outside prison walls.

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Select Legislators Eager to Test out iPads

Associated Press — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:25:01 +0000

South Dakota legislators are eager to start a two-year pilot project in which 30 returning lawmakers will use iPads for legislative work.

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Connecticut Deaths Spark Debate In South Dakota Legislature

Jerry Dahmen — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:14:26 +0000

The deadly school shooting in Connecticut has prompted a South Dakota legislator to begin drafting a bill that would allow teachers, administrators and even janitors with concealed weapons permits to bring their guns to school.

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