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would deal with businesses who fail to respond to a state agency's request for information.
• In addition, the proposed changes would require reporting rehired employees to a national directory.
• Heier says the advisory council also will evaluate a mechanism used to apply a surcharge to businesses when the state unemployment insurance trust fund falls below a certain balance.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Downtown Pierre is getting bike racks.
• KCCR radio reports that members of the Historic Pierre Street Association and

city officials unveiled the new iron racks with a historic design.
• The Historic Pierre Street Association's Rick Jensen says the racks fit in well with the downtown's renovation efforts and historic theme. He says they provide a way for more people to come downtown.
• Eighteen bike racks are being interspersed on sidewalks and bump out nodes on Upper Pierre Street from Capital Avenue south to Dakota Avenue.
• Several local businesses, former business owners and oth

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