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Unclaimed property funding new program
In the next few years, South Dakota’s state treasury is expected to start receiving a large annual windfall of cash that belongs to people who don’t live here. If experience holds true, much of this money, known as unclaimed property,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority
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SD Senate puts end to patient-choice attempt
The only fight fiercer than big hospital groups battling each other for business in South Dakota might be when somebody wants a change in state law to make it easier to take some of their patients. The two big Sioux Falls health care organizations,...Tags: Jeff Monroe, Watertown, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Economic-development package receives only public hearing by SD Legislature
Legislators publicly unveiled most of the details this morning of a comprehensive approach for economic development incentives for big business projects that wouldn’t otherwise come to South Dakota and for community , school, housing and highway...Tags: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Executive Branch, Government, U.S. Senate, Property
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Oh, that old diet
Although some skeptics remain wary, Mary Tapia, of Mount Prospect, is convinced there are benefits to the "Paleo Diet," which promotes unprocessed foods that were the diet of hunter-gatherers during the Paleolithic era — primarily meats, fish,...
Tags: Organic Foods, Migraine, Consumer Goods Industries, Heart Disease, Obesity
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Major decisions await South Dakota lawmakers during legislature's final week
PIERRE — The Legislature returns today for its first, last and only week of five working days to bring the main run of the 2013 session to a close. Here’s a quick look at some of the key topics during the final week: State budgets The...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Hal Wick, Elections, State Parks, Government
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School sentinels bill passes SD Senate
PIERRE -- State senators decided Wednesday that local voters should have the opportunity for the final word if their school board decides to put armed sentinels in the district’s buildings and at school events. That major change was one of...Tags: Jeff Monroe, Watertown, U.S. Senate, Phyllis Heineman, Politics
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Regents seek $3.4M in stopgap funding
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state Capitol during...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress
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Senate passes ban on contracts for broadcasting school events
Public school districts shouldn’t grant exclusive broadcast rights to some media outlets, the state Senate decided Tuesday. Senators voted 27-8 to approve legislation that would guarantee freedom of media coverage of high school activities....Tags: Elections, High School Sports, Jeff Monroe, Watertown, U.S. Senate
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Dock workers, ports reach tentative agreement, averting strike
Dock workers and the management of 15 East Coast and Gulf ports reached a tentative agreement on a new master contract late Friday night, averting a threatened walkout on Wednesday. The six-year deal between the International Longshoremen's Association,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Labor Legislation, Consumer Goods Industries, Strikes
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Bill introduced to ban texting while driving in most cases
The battle over texting while driving in South Dakota is on: A lawmaker from Davison County introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban it in most cases. “I’m looking at changing the culture. I understand up front it’s difficult...Tags: Electronics, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Watertown, Science and Technology, Charlie Hoffman
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Women show signs of growing influence in SD Legislature
The 18 women who will be in the state House of Representatives for the 2013 session that starts Tuesday are the largest number in the history of the South Dakota Legislature. The previous highs for the House, which has 70 members total, were 16 in 1987...Tags: Parties and Movements, Jeff Monroe, Watertown, U.S. Senate, Politics
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With time running short, port braces for dockworkers strike
Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.
But that would be nothing, they say, compared with a management decision to lock out workers at the...Tags: Machine Manufacturing, Labor Disputes, Manufacturing and Engineering, Strikes, George W. Bush
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