School board negotiations with teachers could benefit from sunshine

By: Dana Hess

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: March 15, 2026

Words: 775

Last Updated: 5 days, 13 hours ago

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The nation is celebrating Sunshine Week March 15 through 21. It’s a time to shine a light on the importance of open records and open government. Too often in South Dakota, Sunshine Week is a time for complaining about the cloudy nature of this state’s government openness.

Many of our public records that should be open to the public are closed. Our local governments operate in secret when they want to, knowing that …

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