SD lawmakers face 'Petri dish' session, now with COVID-19 South Dakota lawmakers call it "Capitol crud," a nasty cough, sometimes shakes, or a fever fostered from 10 weeks of winter cooped up in a 110-plus-year-old Capitol with 105 members of South Dakota's citizen Legislature. But this year's session has a new, much deadlier bug that could be lurking the statehouse halls: COVID-19. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × South Dakota's Capitol building. Matt Gade / Republic SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Going to Pierre is a health risk in a normal year for South Dakot...