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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010I recently had the opportunity to interview with one of the most vocal spokesperson’s for the United States Beef industry, Amanda Nolz. Very enjoyable to relate with an individual who is forging her career in production agriculture and providing a service to her community and industry. Amanda and I have known eachother since our FFA days
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Encourage students to pursue the teaching profession commercial from SDEA
Monday, May 17th, 2010My friends at the South Dakota Education Association (SDEA) asked me to participate in a statewide advertising campaign to encourage more folks to pursue the teaching profession. Partnering with the National Education Association they recorded video footage at our State Capitol building. You can view the commercial by clicking this link:
Jason SDEA future teachers commerical.
As a member
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Representative Frerichs to Meet with Young, Progressive Elected Officials in Washington
Thursday, May 13th, 2010200 progressive elected officials under age 35 will gather to discuss policies, leadership
Jason Frerichs, State Representative for Roberts, Day, and Marshall Counties will join more than 200 other young, progressive elected officials in Washington, DC this weekend at the fifth annual convening of the national Young Elected Officials Network.
The participants, progressive elected officials from across
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Oil Pipeline company changes the “rules of the game” on their potential customers
Friday, April 30th, 2010Some of you may have recently followed the story from Keloland about TransCanada and the lawsuits filed against them from their potential customers who are refineries in the Central and Southern United States.
http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=99546
I find this news very interesting because during this last Legislative Session when I pushed forward with an effort to repeal the tax
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Goose Management Working Group Report
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010I participated in a Canada Goose Management Working group that met various times in communities of Northeast South Dakota. We had public input and also formulated some ideas within our group. Officials from the SD Game, Fish and Parks facilitated these meetings.
Over the past couple of months I have had the opportunity to participate on
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Hosting a Fundraiser in Webster to Support Stephanie
Sunday, April 4th, 2010I will be hosting a fundraiser along with Gloria and Wayne McFarland and Angie and Gary Hanson this Wednesday night (April 7) to support Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin.
Stephanie will join us from 5:30-7:30pm in the Banquet Hall of the Galley in Webster.
We all know Stephanie is a solid supporter for renewable energy and ensuring more economic
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Legislative Update – Response to the Budget Cuts
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Governor Rounds finally gave his approval to House Bill 1155. This is a bill that I had drafted to address the issue of anemometer towers which are hard to see by our crop duster pilots. Truly a work in progress from the beginning as this bill was first tabled by the Commerce committee. In the
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Proof that HB 1190 is signed by the Governor
Monday, March 29th, 2010House Bill 1190 the bill I prime sponsored with Sen. Russ Olson is officially signed by the Governor as referenced by this picture:
Thank you to Mark Wilson the Director for the Office of Career and Technical Education for his work in ensuring that HB 1190 contained the necessary information to balance the needs of our
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Status of Career and Tech Education in the Opportunity Scholarship
Thursday, March 18th, 2010The following is a notice I sent to my fellow agriculture education teachers in South Dakota:
First off, HB 1190 is the law of the land in SD. CTE is now an option in the elective category with world languages for the requirements of the Opportunity Scholarship. Sen. Russ Olson of Madison was the Senate prime
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Timing is Everything in the Legislature – Weekly Legislative Update
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
A year ago I remember very clear when the buzz around the State Capitol building was the federal stimulus money flowing into South Dakota. Officials from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget working with the legislative branch prepared various amendments to our general appropriations bill to ensure the state would benefit from the federal
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