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New lawmakers have questions about men’s prison

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- New lawmakers had many questions about the proposed new men's prison during Thursday's budget presentation by the Department of Corrections at the legislature's Joint Committee on Appropriations meetings. Those new lawmakers are committee members. DOC Secretary Kellie Wasko answered them but didn't have time to respond to all of the questions [...]

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Sen. Rohl gets backing to revive transparency bill

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A day after his bill to increase governmental transparency in South Dakota was killed in the Senate State Affairs Committee, Republican Senator Michael Rohl found the support he needed to revive the bill. During the Senate session on Thursday, January 23, Rohl brought a motion that the Senate State Affairs [...]

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Lawmaker says 2023 bill allows for prison site work

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Site work started on Wednesday on the location of the proposed men's prison in Lincoln County. Republican Sen. Kevin Jensen said during the South Dakota Legislature's Joint Committee on Appropriations meeting on Thursday morning that actual site work wasn't authorized when lawmakers passed Senate Bill 49 in 2024. Jensen told [...]

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