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SD budget committee aggrees on Homestake funding
Friday, 12 March 2010 15:58
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The committee writing South Dakota's state budget has agreed to set aside $5.4 million to support the underground science laboratory at the former Homestake mine in the Black Hills.
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Governor signs Gillette water pipeline bill for $25M
Friday, 12 March 2010 15:58
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) _ Gov. Dave Freudenthal has signed a bill that officially awards the city of Gillette $25 million for the second water pipeline.
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SD lawmakers begin work on budget amid uncertainty
Friday, 12 March 2010 13:11
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota lawmakers have started to put together a state budget without knowing whether they will get an extra $36 million in federal aid to make the job easier.
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Group says more maternal care needed in SD
Friday, 12 March 2010 13:11
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ The human rights group Amnesty International USA says unequal and inadequate access to maternal care allows two to three women to die each day while giving birth in the United States.
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Trial delayed for tribal councilman
Friday, 12 March 2010 11:40
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) _ Trial has been delayed for a Rosebud Sioux tribal councilman facing sex crimes.
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Man pleads guilty for death at Cherry Creek
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:47
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A man from Cherry Creek on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation pleaded guilty in federal court to voluntary manslaughter.
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Grants available for specialty crops
Friday, 12 March 2010 07:47
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The state Agriculture Department said it has grants available for projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops such as fruits, dried fruits, tree nuts, vegetables and nursery plants.
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Tax rebate compromise is offered in SD legislature
Thursday, 11 March 2010 14:47
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A compromise limiting tax rebates to construction projects costing up to $500 million headed to the full Legislature after a conference committee on Thursday worked out the details between differing bills.
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Extra federal aid could solve SD budget problem
Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:11
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota's budget problems could be solved with the help of extra federal money that Congress likely will provide to states.
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ACLU files complaint against Rapid City police
Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:11
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) _ The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against the Rapid City Police Department, saying two officers were responsible for getting a lesbian Air Force sergeant tossed out of the military.
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Sanford not on billionaires list
Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:11
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ Sioux Falls philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has dropped off Forbes magazine's billionaire list.
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Compromise would expand SD scholarship program
Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:11
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A state-funded college scholarship program would be expanded in three years to include home-schooled students under a compromise offered in the South Dakota Legislature.
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SD House rejects revenue sharing plan
Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:06
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The South Dakota House defeated a bill to give townships a slice of the wind energy tax that now goes to counties for wind farms located within their borders.
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Public comment sought on lion management
Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:06
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The Game, Fish and Parks Department will hold public meetings around South Dakota in preparation for developing a new management plan for mountain lions in the Black Hills.
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House, Senate fail to agree on SD school aid
Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:06
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The South Dakota House and Senate have reached an apparent impasse on plans for changing state aid to school districts.
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Sturgis mayor says city in clear in election
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:21
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) _ The mayor of Sturgis says the city did nothing wrong in the run-up to last month's special election on an annexation measure.
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SD lawmakers approve continued lease for Playhouse
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:21
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The South Dakota Legislature has agreed to continue the state lease with the Black Hills Playhouse to give the nonprofit theater time to raise money to fix up the facility.
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Wyoming AG says Campbell County can't dissolve boards
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:21
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) _ The Campbell County Commission appears to have exceeded its authority when it dissolved several county boards.
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State lawmakers approve change in sex offender registry
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:21
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A measure allowing some people to get their names removed from the state sex offender registry has been approved by the South Dakota Legislature.
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Obama approves SD disaster declaration
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:21
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ Twenty-nine counties and three American Indian reservations in South Dakota that were hit by a late January ice storm will get recovery help from the federal government.
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