Lawmakers spoke with constituents at the Aberdeen Chamber Legislative Cracker Barrel Saturday on the campus of Northern State University.
A host of issues were discussed including trans-children healthcare, public money to private schools, carbon capture pipeline construction and more.
One question was on medicaid expansion and the potential the state would put a work requirement on it to get it. Currently, the federal government will not allow such a work requirement, but lawmakers want to pass a “trigger law” to be enacted when and if an administration is in office that will allow such a requirement.
District 23 state senator Bryan Breitling explained…
A bill has been introduced which would allow parents to request vouchers from the Department of Education to put towards a private school of their choice. State Senator Al Novstrop, Republican from District 3, agrees with the legislation…
Finally, HB1163 was discussed which if passed would create a mechanism to ban books from public schools and libraries deemed offensive. District 3 Representative Carl Perry is a co-sponsor of the bill and spoke about its merits…
