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• Varilek also hammered Noem for missing many House committee meetings and failing to get a farm bill passed before Congress recessed for the election. She said she attended most of the meetings she was accused of missing and missed others because she couldn't be in two meetings in once.
• That issue struck home with Mike Sanovia, 47, a marketing representative in
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Sioux Falls who said he voted for Varilek because Noem had missed meetings.
• "Kristi is not there, and she's going back and forth on our dime," Sanovia said.
• South Dakota voters also reelected Republicans Chris Nelson and Kristie Fiegen to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, meaning the GOP will retain all three seats on the panel that regulates electric, natural gas and telephone utilities.
• Voters rejected Gov. Dennis Daugaard's plan to give merit pay to teachers and a proposal to boost the state sales tax from 4 percent to 5 percent, with the extra money split between schools and Medicaid.
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SD voters reject sales hike for schools, Medicaid
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota voters have rejected a proposal to raise the state sales tax to provide more money for schools and the Medicaid program that provides health care to low-income people.
• A teachers union and a health care organization collected signatures to put the proposal on the ballot after Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the Republican-dominated Legislature cut state funding last year for school districts and medical facilities that serve Medicaid patients.
• The measure would have raised the state sales tax from 4 percent to 5 percent and was expected to raise an estimated $180 million a year. Half would have gone to school districts and half to Medicaid.
• Opponents say such funding decisions should be left to the governor and the Legislature.
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GOP retains control of S. Dakota utilities panel
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Republicans Chris Nelson and Kristie Fiegen (FEE'-gihn) have kept their seats on the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, meaning that the GOP has all three seats on the panel.
• The 50-year-old Fiegen defeated Democratic challenger Matt McGovern for a six-year term on the commission that regulates grain warehouses and natural gas, electric and telephone utilities. Commission Chairman Chris Nelson defeated chal (Continued on page 27)
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