South Dakota lawmakers to visit, study marijuana businesses
The Associated PressMay 31, 2021News
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Some South Dakota lawmakers plan to visit marijuana businesses in other states and on tribal lands to get a firsthand look at how the drug is grown and sold before it becomes legal for medical use in the state.
In June, members of the South Dakota Legislature’s interim study committee will visit professional cultivation and retail operations in Iowa, Colorado and the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation in Moody County.
Some members will study medical marijuana while another group plans to focus on recreational marijuana.
Indigenous-led school aims for success
High school graduation rates for Native students are lowest of all racial groups in U.S.
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May 27, 2021
Tilsen talks to media outside of NDN Collective headquarters on Aug. 21. (Photo: Willi White, courtesy NDN Collective, File)
High school graduation rates for Native students are lowest of all racial groups in U.S.
Rylee Mitchell
The national non-profit NDN Collective plans to open an independent, Indigenous-led school in Rapid City, South Dakota, for Native students. School administrators project opening it with 40 students in fall 2022. The goal is to engage Native students to assume leadership roles. The school curriculum also aims to strengthen culture, identity, and community investment.
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Some South Dakotans are bothered that even though voters overwhelmingly supported legalization of medical marijuana via a statewide ballot initiative, the governor and some lawmakers tried to delay legalization by a year. Photo: News Watch file