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Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch

Garretson school district Business Manager Jacob Schweitzer sits outside the school library during an executive session of the school board Feb. 23.

‘Nobody knows what the hell is going on:’ Elected officials challenged on denying public comment

Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch
March 10, 2022
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PIERRE, SD – Two seemingly harmless words added to a state open meetings law in 2019 have sparked a debate over the rights of citizens to publicly comment at official government meetings in South Dakota, with several school boards at the center of the conflict. The state open meetings law, enacted in 1965, was amended […]