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tween getting cash or paid time off for overtime.
• Noem says current law restricts private businesses from offering their employees paid time off, often called comp time, in exchange for working overtime.
• She says the bill would keep current employee protections in law, including the 40-hour work week. She says the measure would allow businesses and employees to agree to use comp time.
• Noem says the bill would give working parents a chance to get comp time to spend more time with their families.
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Officials warn SD residents about scam artists
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Better Business Bureau and officials in Sioux Falls are warning residents against scam artists.
• The Better Business Bureau is warning residents affected by storm damage to be wary of traveling workers offering their services. The Better Business Bureau says people should be cautious when dealing with the companies because many of them are not reputable.
• Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras is also warning people about scam artists asking for donations for the police and fire departments. He says people should not be giving any money to people going door to door seeking donations for emergency responders.
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Thousands remain without power in eastern SD
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota residents hunkered down for a third day as ice and snow snarled traffic, bowed trees and basically shut down the state Thursday.
• Government offices in eastern South Dakota were closed again, and many schools had previously announced Thursday cancellations.
• More than 250 electrical poles in the region had been downed by the ice and snowstorm, according to the South Dakota Rural Electric Association. By Thursday evening, Xcel Energy crews had restored power to nearly 56,000 people in eastern and southeastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota, but another 24,000 remained in the dark, the utility said.
• Officials said they expected "significant progress" Thursday and that most customers would have electricity restored by late Friday. Another 2,200 homes and businesses served by rural electric cooperatives remained without power Thursday (Continued on page 18)
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