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Pending bill helps combat drug overdoses, could help save lives

March 1st, 2016

226 Recent legislation is making it easier for healthcare professionals in the state to combat drug overdoses with the use of Naloxone, an antagonist used to reverse the...

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Daugaard vetoes 'Transgender Bathroom Bill'

March 1st, 2016

107 Governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed the so-called "Transgender Bathroom Bill" on Tuesday afternoon. The bill would have required transgender students to use bathrooms...

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Legislators flip flop on S.D. teacher pay increase

February 23rd, 2016

71 Governor Dennis Daugaard’s plan to raise teacher pay is moving forward to the South Dakota Senate, after the bill initially failed by one vote in the House of...

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Deadline passes for SD bill introductions

February 10th, 2016

23 It’s debate time in Pierre. The period to introduce bills in the South Dakota Legislature has closed, and Gov. Dennis Daugaard already signed his first bill in the...

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Legislature addresses transgender rights in K-12 schools

February 4th, 2016

30 A rise in transgender culture has swept through pop culture and media this past year, and now there are multiple bills regarding the rights of transgender students now...

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Pierre tackles South Dakota teacher pay

January 26th, 2016

174 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

48 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

21 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

40 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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Good Samaritan Bill signed by Daugaard, becomes law