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• The Executive Board met briefly Monday before the House and Senate convened for the final day of this year's legislative session.
• The board next month will choose topics that will be studied by special committees this summer. It also is considering changes in the Legislature's travel policy that would allow lawmakers to attend more meetings of national organizations.
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Brookings, Yankton students win Science Olympiad
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- Students from Brookings High School and Yankton Middle School have been crowned champions of the South Dakota Science Olympiad State Tournament.
• Hundreds of middle school and high school students from across the state competed in several science events during the weekend competition on the University of South Dakota campus.
• For the Yankton middle schoolers, it's their 29th consecutive title.
• Brookings captured first place in the high school division, ending Yankton's streak of 24 consecutive state science championships.
• The Brookings High and Yankton Middle School teams qualify to compete at the National Science Olympiad Tournament at Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio, May 17-18.
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AP sources: SD Sen. Johnson won't seek re-election
DAVID ESPO,Associated Press
THOMAS BEAUMONT,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota plans to retire at the end of his term, party officials said Monday -- a departure that gives Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat as they attempt to win back control of the chamber in 2014.
• Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2006 but later returned to the Senate and won re-election in 2008. He has recovered significantly, though sometimes uses a motorized scooter.
• The Democratic officials who described Johnson's plans spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. They said they were not authorized to pre-empt a formal announcement expected Tuesday at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
• Johnson's retirement announcement is the fifth by Senate Democrats. Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Frank (Continued on page 24)
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