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be one of the last to be challenged. She feels it's more important that the challenges are becoming widespread, sending a message to lawmakers across the country -- and that a suit in North Dakota would only help the cause.
• "We're just waiting for them to step forward so that we can say all of the states have something going," Rosenbrahn said. "How can you ignore that? How can you not side with the will of the people?"
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Recount confirms $9.9M Tea school bond defeat
• TEA, S.D. (AP) -- A ballot recount has confirmed the defeat by two votes of a $9.9 million bond issue proposed by the Tea School District.
• The votes were recounted Wednesday.
• The rejected measure called for adding elementary school classrooms and a performing arts center. It was the third school bond measure rejected by Tea voters within a year.
• Results of the May 13 election showed 912 votes for the measure and 611 against it. Support was 59.88 percent, but two votes short of the needed 60 percent.
• The recount showed 912 yes votes and 610 no votes. One vote against the measure was determined invalid.
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South Dakota to review late trapper's petition
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota trappers lost an advocate when Brian Reynolds died unexpectedly on May 9 in Monroe. The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission will review a petition Thursday submitted by Reynolds before his death calling for the repeal of rules he found restrictive.
• "Brian worked so hard to keep it fair and right for the hunters and trappers of South Dakota," said Reynolds' life partner Kim Geier.
• One of the contested rules prohibits setting a trap within 30 feet of water for part of the year. Another requires the removal of all traps from public land by May 1 each year.
• The commission will meet by teleconference to review three rules, two of which were last modified in 2012.
• The South Dakota Trappers Association and Western South Dakota Fur Harvesters supported the rule changes, said Commission Chairman John Cooper.
• But Reynolds, unsatisfied with the policies, became the sole signatory on the pe (Continued on page 21)
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