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Board of Education adopted the standards and teachers have been trained to use them.
• Sen. David Omdahl, R-Sioux Falls, opposed the bill, saying the study panel would not have included enough parents. The panel also would have had no power to order changes in Common Core, he said.
• "It's a waste of time. It's a waste of money," Omdahl said of the proposed study.
• The Senate passed two related bills. One would prevent expanding Common Core standards to other academic subjects until July 2016, while the second seeks to protect the privacy of student records.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Federal jurors have convicted a Sioux Falls broker in a scam that the prosecutor says netted over $20 million from more than 100 investors.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says 65-year-old Randal Hansen was found guilty of 26 investment fraud felonies: conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud and 21 counts of mail fraud.
• The maximum punishment for each count is 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
• Hansen was the public face of RAHFCO Management Group as well as a handful of other agencies with similar names.
• Prosecutors and regulators say Hansen would promise huge returns to new investors and then use their deposits to pay off older investors.
• Former investors and the Securities and Exchange commission also sued Hansen.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem says she enjoys visiting the South Dakota Legislature where she served before being elected to Congress.
• Noem gave brief speeches Wednesday to the state House and Senate.
• South Dakota's lone member of the U.S. House says returning to visit the Legislature is like coming back to a miracle. She says South Dakota state government gets things done, while Washington is dysfunctional.
• Noem says Congress is poised to pass a new Farm Bill that will protect farmers and ranchers in times of disaster. She says the measure will reauthorize a livestock

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