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Nelson to qualify for a position on the primary ballot.
• Also running for the GOP are former Gov. Mike Rounds, Sioux Falls physician Annette Bosworth, state Sen. Larry Rhoden of Union Center and Yankton attorney and Army Reserves major Jason Ravnsborg.
• Rick Weiland is the unopposed Democratic candidate. Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler is running as an independent candidate.
• The Republican primary will be held on Tuesday, June 3.
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SD Senate kills bill to regulate contested waters
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Senate has killed a bill to regulate the use of public water that lies over private land after its main sponsor moved to defeat the measure.
• The debate has pitted fishing and hunting enthusiasts against property owners.
• Property owners say the public should not have access to water on their land. Those who hunt and fish say the water is in the public trust and open to public access.
• Any body of water larger than 40 acres is considered part of the public trust.
• Initial supporters of the bill said the courts have been waiting for the Legislature to establish policy governing these waters. These regulations have been sought after for nearly 10 years.
• One Senator says despite the fate of this bill, the conversation must continue.
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Panel defeats bill to give SD gun laws more power
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A bill that would have given South Dakota state gun laws supremacy over those of federal and local governments failed in a legislative panel Tuesday.
• The House Local Government Committee voted 8-4 to reject the measure.
• The bill would have made it a felony for law enforcement officers to carry out federal or local firearms regulations that were more restrictive than state laws. It also would have invalidated any presidential executive orders and local ordinances that restricted firearm possession and use.
• Supporters of the bill, including a representative from the National Association for Gun Rights, argued that it was necessary to preserve the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding South Dakotans.
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