Some legislators want to boost student privacy online at school. Others sought to reduce student privacy with school counselors. House Bill 1077 would have allowed parents to waive the confidentiality between a school counselor and their children under age 16.…
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If I only knew what I read in the papers, I'd say the allegations of ethics violations by South Dakota's House GOP leadership are dead. In his report on yesterday's ad hoc subcommittee hearing in Pierre, Bob Mercer declares the…
Today's ad hoc subcommittee hearing called by the Legislature's Executive Board may be a wash. The two key legislators pushing for an investigation of the GOP House leadership for violations of confidentiality, Reps. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) and Stace Nelson…
The allegations of ethics violations by the South Dakota House Republican leadership receive their first official hearing on Tuesday, January 3, as a subcommittee of the Legislature's Executive Board meets to hear testimony "in Regard to Legislative Research Council Work…
Four legislators calling for an investigation of alleged ethical violations by the GOP House leadership are rejecting the Legislative Executive Board director's rejection of their request for information. Reps. Lance Russell, Stace Nelson, and Lora Hubbel and Senator Tim Begalka…
Rep. Chuck Turbiville is sticking by his guns. As chair of the Legislature's executive board, Rep. Turbiville has ruled that the documents six legislators have requested in their investigation of possible violations of Legislative Research Council confidentiality are themselves confidential.…
Yesterday I discussed the political angles of a letter from six legislators accusing the GOP House leadership of using the Legislative Research Council to snoop on its own members. Today, let's look at the more important issue of what those…