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Veteran Senator, Transportation Advocate To Be Honored

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state senator from Mitchell has been selected for induction in the South Dakota Transportation Hall of Honor.

The Department of Transportation says Sen. Mike Vehle will be the 84th South Dakotan to be inducted.

Vehle has served in the Legislature for 11 years. The department says in his tenure, Vehle has led efforts to address the state’s long-term transportation funding needs.

He has chaired the Senate Transportation Committee and, most recently, Vehle pushed in this year’s legislative session to drastically increase funding for South Dakota’s ailing roads and bridges.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he can’t think of another legislator who has committed such an effort to a single issue.

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