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With Gov. Kristi Noem's likely confirmation to the president's cabinet in D.C., attention now turns to her successor Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden. Rhoden has had a long legislative career leading up to this moment, which has left him respected by peers on both sides of the aisle.
South Dakota lawmakers are advancing a bill aiming to strengthen transparency in public meetings. The bill is in response to concerns some state commissions and municipal governments aren't properly following the state's open meeting laws.
A proposal to potentially increase the threshold to pass constitutional amendments is advancing to the Senate. But not before it saw debate on the House floor. Republicans claim the bill would stop out of state dollars from impacting South Dakota's elections.
One of the largest topics facing state lawmakers this two-month long legislative session is the fate of a new men's prison near Sioux Falls. Republican House and Senate leaders have differing opinions on how soon it should get built.
A bill which seeks to mandate the Ten Commandments be displayed in every South Dakota classroom advances from the Senate Education committee. Opponents say it could open the state up to costly legal battles.
The Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act passes the U.S. House. It would preserve a section of the land where hundreds of Lakota Native Americans were massacred by the U.S. Army in 1890.
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