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of what may come and some ideas of how we can adjust for it. (Frankly, when the Press & Dakotan posed this question to local legislative candidates last year during the election, some of the responses came off as disinterested or dismissive of the whole notion.)
• Whatever the reason for the weather, the key is trying to understand it all -- and especially, what it may mean for us.
• The Nebraska lawmakers are on the right and prudent track. Let's hope they can see this measure through to reality.
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SD man sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota man convicted on assault and escape charges has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
• Barry Allman, of Hermosa, was charged in federal court with two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of escape.
• Authorities say the 22-year-old Allman fired a handgun into the ground three times during a May 2012 party in Parmelee. Two rounds ricocheted and injured two victims.
• Allman was a fugitive for about three weeks after he was released on a furlough in late November to attend a funeral and failed to return to a Pierre jail.
• U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange sentenced Allman to seven years on the assault charges and six months on the escape charge.
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SD regents approve 4.4 percent tuition increase
• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 4.4 percent tuition and mandatory fee increase for the state's public universities.
• Students will pay about $335 more per year under the plan.
• Regents President Kathryn Johnson said the board's intent was to minimize the overall increase to students, but a number of costs necessitated the change.
• "Our priority remains the affordability of a quality college education for our students," Johnson said in a statement. "Given the level of budget support we received in this year's legislative session, I am pleased to say we could limit this year's increase."
• Johnson said tuition and fee rates set by the regents must address system enrollment growth and student services while providing the highest quality education possible.
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