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Legislature rejects letting health secretary order shutdowns

by Associated Press
| March 31, 2020 7:03 AM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers met into early Tuesday morning to pass temporary emergency measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but rejected key bills that would have given Gov. Kristi Noem's administration the ability to shut down businesses.

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