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By The Dakota Scout - October 23, 2025 in Featured, Government, News, State News Reading Time: 5 minutes
Sen. Chris Karr served as chairman of the Legislature’s Comprehensive Property Tax Task Force. Photo courtesy of S.D. Searchlight
The Open Meetings Commission is a five-member body appointed by the state attorney general to consider complaints about government bodies around the state. Monday was the commission’s first meeting since December 2020, due to a long and unexplained period of inactivity during the administration of former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.
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Read MorePIERRE, S.D. – Jacob Gale spent a year as a correctional officer for the South Dakota Department of Corrections, working…
Read MoreSouth Dakota Public Broadcasting endured a brutal year. The broadcaster survived a proposed 65 percent budget cut. It lost all…
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