Big swings, not bunts, are needed to improve government transparency in South Dakota

By: Dana Hess

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: May 9, 2026

Words: 862

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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There are a few different ways to approach getting bills approved by the South Dakota Legislature. One way is to take small, innocuous steps that aren’t likely to meet with much pushback from legislators.

Another, riskier, way is to propose big, maybe even controversial, changes.

It was apparent in this year’s legislative session that Attorney General Marty Jackley was trying to bunt his way on rather than swing for the fences with the bills he …

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