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State looks to hire video lottery consultant, price tag secret for now

Lottery staff gets green light to negotiate with Las Vegas firm.

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Wharf gold mine to expand in Black Hills

Homestake retains 12 employees overseeing reclamation at its shuttered operation.

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Chamberlain-Presho rail grant moves ahead

State tries again for money to rebuild line

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Mega Millions odds to get longer

Bigger jackpots will increase sales, thinking goes

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Bet a penny, win $1,000 -- in theory

Lottery Commission wants to take caps off video prizes

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Sale of Napa-Platte rail line nears

Target date set for approving transaction with development company

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Teaching organization under fire

Legislators, lobbyists oppose $250,000 given to group

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Brighter light to shine on big-project breaks

Tax refunds for business plans will be decided in public meetings

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Special lawmaker study panels set

Legislators selected for committees on K-12 funding and domestic violence

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SD Hall inductee was legendary behind-the-scenes lawman

Christenson, who will be inducted into SD Hall of Fame this fall, went on to work with Mickelson

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MERCER: SD audit uncovers millions in misappropriated bank taxes

SD Revenue Department staff don't track down unexplained payments, state general fund shorted funds.

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MERCER: New regent Sutton has long record of good work

Sutton is only 44 but it seems like he’s been around forever getting things done. His latest role is the newest, and the youngest, member on the state Board of Regents.

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MERCER: Rounds’ early start appears quite smart

Mike now has a head start of six months on any other candidate -- if there ever is another candidate.

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MERCER: SD’s path on schools, taxes firmly set by GOP

PIERRE — South Dakota voters made four key decisions in the 18 months after the death of Gov. George S. Mickelson in the 1993 plane crash. Those decisions set the course for the next 20 years and brought us to where the state government is today.

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MERCER: Mickelson laid cornerstone for economic development

It wasn’t just farmers and ranchers in trouble. Main Streets were in desperate times, too. Mickelson understood that. His message didn’t just empathize with agriculture. He talked in a way different than any of the other Republicans or Democrats about how to build jobs.

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MERCER: The real tragedy of the 1993 crash was people knew and didn’t warn

FAA failed to order inspections on type of plane that crashed and killed SD gov after similar incident two years prior.

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MERCER: If you’re feeling pinched, look who’s pinching you

PIERRE -- Doesn’t it seem that property taxes and government fees and utility rates and tuition prices are going up left and right? Well, they are.

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MERCER: Problems on the prairie

2013 Legislative session illustrated deepening issues of rural South Dakota.

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MERCER: Sun shines brighter as business tax breaks to be open in SD

As recently as the winter of 2008-2009, the Rounds administration resisted revealing the names of the business projects that received permits under South Dakota’s construction-tax refund system.

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MERCER: 2013 session as logical as always

Want the really bad news from the 2013 session of the Legislature? Robo-calls remain legal for political purposes.

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