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6:08 A watchdog group says legislation presented by Gov. Kristi Noem as a nonprofit protection effort could hide political contributions.  Noem sent her lawyer, Mark Miller, to testify on the bill during legislative committee hearings.    “What is this bill about? It’s really about the American way of life,” Miller told a House committee.    Miller said privacy is a fundamentally democratic principle. He gave the example of Thomas Paine, who anonymously inspired American revolutionaries with his pamphlet called “Common Sense,” and several Founding Fathers, who wrote...

February 8, 2021 Show 987 Hour 1. South Dakota Public Broadcasting brings you gavel-to-gavel coverage of the state legislative session, now underway. You can find coverage on our website at sdpb.org or SD.Net. You can also download the Statehouse podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.   Guests: SDPB's Jackie Hendry, host of South Dakota Focus on SDPB-TV, and SDPB's politics and public policy reporter Lee Strubinger.  Listen

In The Moment … January 25, 2021 Show 977 Hour 1 The first month of the South Dakota legislative session is highlighting new challenges (particularly around pandemic-related issues) and some familiar battles (think: transgender discrimination). For our weekly SDPB journalist roundtable, we dive in to topics old and new.   Guests: Jackie Hendry, host of South Dakota Focus on SDPB-TV, Seth Tupper, SDPB's business and economic development reporter, and Lee Strubinger, SDPB's politics and public policy reporter.  Listen

As shocking as the Paul Erickson pardon was, at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Seth Tupper tonight has noted that Erickson doesn't just get an early release, he has $3 million of court-ordered restitution to victims wiped away: Experts say there’s likely no obligation for Erickson to even attempt to pay that money now. Neil Fulton,…

1:35 People in South Dakota could soon have control of a space object, apparently for the first time in the state’s history. The new capability is coming to the federal government’s Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, known by the acronym EROS, near Sioux Falls. The staff at EROS has been processing satellite imagery since 1972, but the facility has never been able to control a satellite’s movements – until now. NASA plans to launch a new Landsat observational satellite in September to replace one of the program’s two current satellites. The backup operations center fo...