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mental interest" in public safety. The law was adopted following the shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school in late 2012.
• The New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association, sportsmen's groups, firearms businesses and gun owners filed the suit.
• The "friend of the court" brief signed by the 22 states was filed in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in New York.
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US Department of Labor seeks $33K from SD company
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against a western South Dakota construction company to recover more than $33,000 in employment benefits.
• The federal agency on Wednesday announced the suit against Rapid City-based Remodel King Construction Inc.
• Scott Sogge is the company's president and sole owner. The agency says he withheld more than $33,000 in earned wages from employees' pay intended to go toward the company's retirement plan, but misspent the funds.
• Federal officials say the alleged violation happened between May 2008 and December 2010.
• The suit is seeking a court order requiring the company to restore the amount to the retirement plan.
• The suit also wants to bar the company from violating the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act in the future.
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2 ND school districts shift to four-day weeks
Kevin Burbach
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Two public school districts in North Dakota will be shifting to four-day school weeks this fall in an effort to save money and increase student and staff morale.
• While more than a quarter of schools in bordering South Dakota run on four-day schedules, the districts in the Dunseith and East Fairview will be the first two in the North Dakota in several years. The Department of Public Instruction approved the switches in April.
• Pat Brenden, superintendent at the 425-student Dunseith Public School district, said they've seen dramatic decreases in federal funding in recent years, which led them to consider the modified schedule.
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