Calling it a year of “significant action” Dave Owen, President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says this year’s session passed some major legislation….

Owen, making his post session tour of the state, spoke to the Yankton Rotary Club yesterday. He says while Governor Dennis Daugaard is a fiscal conservative, he is also a problem solver………….

After the session, a number of mostly conservative lawmakers said they would not run for re-election. Owen says legislative sessions are intense, and wear on people…..

Owen says he expects next year’s legislature to make some adjustments to the just passed teacher pay plan.