• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Design options on a new Missouri River bridge in Pierre and Fort Pierre will be released Tuesday.
• Representatives with both cities and the South Dakota Department of Transportation plan to hold a public open house to tell area residents about the conceptual improvement options.
• Projects to be discussed include a new bridge over the Missouri River for highways 14, 83 and 34; Deadwood Street in Fort Pierre; Sioux Avenue in Pierre; and Dakota Avenue in Pierre.
• The purpose of the 5:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting at the Ramkota Inn is to gather input on design and environmental issues.
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• One of the sessions led by the Rocky Mountain ADA Center addressed employer requirements with the state's Bureau of Human Resources, a move in line with Gov. Dennis Daugaard's push to employ more people with disabilities throughout the state.
• "He wants to ensure that state government, as an employer, is a model employer," said Kim Malsam-Rysdon, the governor's senior adviser.
• Daugaard's administration has touted that employing people with disabilities can help businesses in the state fill workforce shortages. And for Daugaard, it's personal as well. His parents were both deaf.
• "They both worked hard on our family farm, and when the farm went upside-down financially, they both took jobs as janitors at Augustana College to make ends meet," Daugaard wrote last July in his weekly column.
• Trainers in Pierre worked with state staff on ADA requirements and implementation tips for people working in hospitality and restaurant industries and conducted a

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