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Senate tweaks medical marijuana home cultivation | Feb 8

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On today's update...

Senate lawmakers are passing a bill that allows medical marijuana patients to grow up to six plants. The bill now heads to the House, where lawmakers already passed a ban on home grow.

A proposal to allow voters to decide whether to expand online sports betting across South Dakota has narrowly passed the state Senate.

A proposal from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to allow employees to gain exemptions from their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates has gained the support of Republicans on a Senate committee.

Almost two years ago, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Dakota Supreme Court issued an emergency order allowing certain legal documents to be witnessed remotely. Now the State Bar is asking the legislature to make that order permanent.

Supporters of a Native American activist convicted of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation are calling for his release.

And more.

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