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BRIEF: Electronic records coming from S.D. Circuit Courts
Electronic portals became available in all South Dakota circuit courts Wednesday. The portals will allow citizens and journalists to access court records in an electronic database as the S.D. court system moves to electronic filing. Electronic filing of court records will become mandatory for criminal cases by November 2014. Electronic filing of civil court records […]
SD lawmakers say bill on clergy rights not needed
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota legislative committee has rejected a measure that would have allowed clergy and religious organizations to refuse to take part in gay marriage services. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-3 to kill the bill after opponents said the state and federal constitutions already let pastors and priests refuse to […]
COLUMN: S.D. high school sports to benefit from Senate Bill 90
Sports are filled with unwritten rules. In baseball, you’re not supposed to talk to a pitcher while he has a no-hitter going. In basketball, you don’t shoot as the time expires when you are already winning. And in football, you are supposed to take a knee in the final minute of the game. Since I’ve […]
PHOTO: Senate passes mountain lion bill
Purpose: revise certain provisions relating to the killing of mountain lions that threaten personal safety or property. Michael Geheren/THE VOLANTE
SD legislative panel endorses school aid boost
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — School districts won the first round Wednesday in their battle to persuade the South Dakota Legislature to provide extra state financial aid that educators say is needed to help them recover from state budget cuts imposed three years ago. The House Education Committee voted 13-2 to endorse the school financing measure […]
Newspaper Day
Thursday marks the annual Newspaper Day at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre. The Volante will be providing coverage Wednesday and Thursday on issues that effect students. Posts will be from Nathan Ellenbeck, Christina Drey, Josie Flatgard and Michael Geheren. We will also pull in stories from the Associated Press. The Volante encourages you to […]
Student teachers see positives and negatives of Common Core
Seniors Chelsea Vanderlinde and Stacia Briard have spent their fall semesters student teaching in elementary classrooms. As part of their student teaching, they are expected to construct lesson plans and teach those lessons to their students. For English-language arts and math, that means those lessons are based on the Common Core standards, rather than the […]
USD officials anticipate state employee health insurance shortfall for second year in a row
The underestimation of state employee health insurance for the second year in a row could jeopardize the South Dakota Board of Regents’ push for a freeze in tuition and fees, university officials of said. They might also need attorneys help for health insurance litigation cases, as stated by the officials. A shortfall was announced at […]
Board places exact value on state compensation for freeze
Students at the University of South Dakota and around South Dakota might finally be receiving something they have wanted for the past few years — a freeze in tuition. At the Sept. 24 Student Government Association meeting, former SGA Vice President Dennis Smith officially reported to the SGA that the South Dakota Board of Regents […]