South Dakota legislators wrapped up the first partial week of the 2014 session, and will take today (Monday) off before returning to Pierre.

Senate Minority Leader Jason Frerichs of Wilmot says while committee and floor action is still slow, they have been holding a number of meetings…

 

Frerichs said during the democrat briefing, they also had a public discussion of animal cruelty laws…

 

Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave of Baltic, during the republican briefing, says while there will be some discussion of expanding Medicaid, republicans are looking at some other options…

 

Rave says any type of targeted expansion of medical coverage would be separate from a Medicaid expansion discussion…