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SD Session Picking Up the Pace

SD Session Picking Up the Pace

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Bill introductions and committee activity is picking up for South Dakota legislators.

House Minority Leader, Representative Jamie Smith of Sioux Falls, says democrats will push their agenda….

Smith says too much time is spent on the so called “social issues” like transgender kids and pushing prayer in school….

Smith says legislative leaders don’t want to recognize that Covid-19 is still a problem….

As of Monday, there will be twenty-nine days remaining in the main run of the session.

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