This session of the South Dakota legislature may surprise a lot of us

By Gordon Garnos

AT ISSUE: Things are a little different this legislative session. For one thing our legislators won't be meeting five days a week and then go home for a couple of days before they return to Pierre. They are trying a new schedule this year to see how it works. The session is for 35 days, but those days will be scattered over an extra week or so with its main session ending Feb. 29. For the first six weeks of the session the Legislature will meet four days a week with Fridays taking care of constituents' questions or comments or personal business. The last two weeks will each be five days in length with the final, or veto day is set for March 17. However, the days of this session aren't the only changes I see. (Full Article)