Saturday,  July 7, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 359 • 19 of 30 •  Other Editions

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Agreement to be signed for new tribal prosecutor

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors will meet with officials of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe next week to sign an agreement authorizing the hiring of a special assistant U.S. attorney to prosecute cases involving violence against women on the reservation.
• The memorandum of understanding will be signed Tuesday in Fort Yates by Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Charles W. Murphy, U.S. Attorney for South Dakota Brendan V. Johnson and U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Timothy Q. Purdon.
• The special assistant U.S. attorney will prosecute cases in tribal courts and in federal courts in North Dakota and South Dakota. Funding for the position will be

provided by the Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women.
• Johnson is chairman of the Justice Department's Native American Issues Subcommittee, and Purdon is vice-chairman of the panel.

Embattled SD secretary of state employee resigns
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press Writer

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An employee at the center of an investigation into South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant's office has resigned, Gant announced Friday.
• State Sen. Stan Adelstein, R-Rapid City, requested an investigation of the Republican secretary of state's office last month after learning employee Pat Powers had been running an online business that sold campaign materials. Adelstein said the business was inappropriate because the secretary of state's office supervises elections.
• Adelstein has asked Attorney General Marty Jackley to look into now-shut down Dakota Campaign Store. The store's website was taken down in early June, but its Google listing said it provided political printing, yard signs, bumper stickers and other campaign supplies.
• Jackley said Friday he expects his investigation will be completed within a couple of weeks.
• Gant announced in an emailed statement Friday that Powers has left the secretary of state's office "to spend more time with his children and pursue business opportunities in the private sector." Gant's announcement thanked Powers for helping to modernize the office and make its operations more transparent.

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