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Pierre tackles South Dakota teacher pay

January 26th, 2016

169 Gov. Dennis Daugaard is leading the charge to get South Dakota out of last place when it comes to teacher pay. “This is the year to act,” Daugaard said in his State...

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Board of Regents requests $4.7 million for tuition freeze

August 25th, 2015

42 Students at the University of South Dakota paying in-state tuition may be breathing easier next year about their tuition bills. After raising tuition rates by an...

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Legislators allocate emergency funds for needs-based awards

April 8th, 2015

16 Governor Dennis Daugaard signed Senate Bill 91, declaring an emergency for the South Dakota Needs Based Grant Program and allocating $150,000 in emergency funding to the...

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UPDATED: Gun bill ignites debate for campus, legislators

February 18th, 2015

15 The state House has voted down a measure that would allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon at the University of South Dakota. House lawmakers...

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District 17 legislators inform residents of session happenings at cracker barrel

February 3rd, 2015

16 House Bill 1030 hits home for District 17 Rep. Nancy Rasmussen, R-S.D. The bill would require operators of motor vehicles to give bicyclists three feet of space on...

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Students spend part of semester in state Capitol

February 3rd, 2015

65 Senior Clay Hoffman didn’t originally consider interning outside of Vermillion during his final semester as an undergraduate at the University of South Dakota. Then...

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S.D. legislative session: Four bills that pertain to USD students

January 26th, 2015

34 As the 2015 South Dakota legislative session gets underway in Pierre, The Volante has compiled a list of bills to keep an eye on that pertain to students at the...

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Law professor advocates for no-fault divorce law

November 18th, 2014

131 Tania Aesoph was 50 years old and a mother of five when she was murdered in 1999. She separated from her husband-turned-murderer, David Aesoph, twice — once in...

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Republicans sweep statewide elections

November 5th, 2014

36 Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels waved a broom above his head at the beginning of his victory speech. “Republican clean sweep,” he yelled. The Republicans...

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Legislature addresses transgender rights in K-12 schools