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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Yesterday in the State Senate Sen. Dave Knudson amended House Bill 1060 to include the language from my bill HB 1246 which repeals the tax breaks for oil pipelines. I appreciate the support in the Senate for this amendment and I think it only makes the bill better. Hopefully throughout the conference committee process this
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Final Week of the Legislative Session
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Conference committee is a common combination of words during this final week of the 2010 Legislative Session.
Various bills that originated in the Senate are receiving their final disposition on the floor of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Today on the floor of the House we debated Senate Bill 65. This bill will delay for five
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Weekly Legislative Update: Major Project tax refund gridlock
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Lobbyists, state bureaucrats, the Governors Office, legislators, and staff continue to debate how much contractors’ excise and sales/use tax should be paid by large project companies. The Governors Office organized a bi-partisan meeting with all of the interests dealing with the issue of repealing the tax breaks for major projects involved in energy processing or
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Welcome to the Roslyn Government Class
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010The Roslyn Government class visited our State Capitol today. Joining them on their trip is their teacher Carol Gaikowski and her husband Pat. This is especially an important day because Roslyn will be dissolving their school district this summer. The reason for their permanent closure is due to the arbitrary minimum number of students required
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Action needed to preserve the requirements for the Opportunity Scholarship
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Yesterday the Governor signed HB 1190 which will update the Opportunity Scholarship requirements to include the option of CTE in the elective category with Foreign Language. There are also other details of the bill that ensure working together between the Dept. of Education and the Board of Regents.
Yes, we would like to celebrate the success
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HB 1190 Career and Tech Education for the Opportunity Scholarship signed by the Governor!
Monday, March 1st, 2010The following press release was just issued today on House Bill 1190 that I was proud to work with Senator Russ Olson to get strong approval from both the House and the Senate and now the Governor has agreed with us!
Career and Technical Education has a level playing field for the requirements of the Opportunity
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Frerichs announces candidacy for District 1 State Senate
Friday, February 26th, 2010 WILMOT – State Representative Jason Frerichs announces today that he will seek the Democrat nomination for the State Senate seat in Legislative District 1. Frerichs is completing his first term as a member of the State House of Representatives where he provides leadership to the Democrat Caucus as a Minority Whip.
“I am proud of the
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Reality in the State Legislature
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Maintaining a sense of reality is a prime goal that I set forth for myself as a lawmaker in the state of South Dakota. When we deal with various pieces of legislation in the state capitol, every effort is made to gather all of the facts and get down to the real issue for discussion.
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House Bill 1155 the Anemometer Tower Marking Bill approved by the House
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010House Bill 1155 the bill to require marking on the anemometer towers (wind metering) in an effort to make them visible to crop duster pilots. We worked out a compromise between the wind companies and crop duster pilots. While this isn’t a perfect solution to the problem it is a start to ensure safety for our
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House Bill 1246 was defeated; oil pipeline companies will enjoy huge tax breaks
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010My conscience is clear. I made every effort to ensure that the taxes paid by oil pipelines would be retained in the State Treasury. House Bill 1246 is a bi-partisan piece of legislation and has been an enjoyable experience to hold accountable a foreign company who plans to build their oil pipeline regardless.
House Bill 1246
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