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Baltimore, MD – The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing that over 100 million Americans have created personal my Social Security accounts. This marks a major milestone in the agency’s digital-first transformation to increase accessibility, expand service, and improve the overall customer experience for the public.
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Hey everyone, it’s been a busy week up here in Pierre. This week is our only 5-day week of the session and the most chaotic so far. Because of the busyness and chaos, I have decided to let my intern, Tristen Petrik from Platte, write my article this week about what’s been going on in Pierre. As always, feel free to contact me anytime. My number is (605) 680-0304 and my email is Marty.Overweg@sdlegislature.gov Hello esteemed constituents of District 21! My name is Tristen Petrik, and I have the honor of working as Rep. Overweg’s intern this session. I am from Platte and currently am a sophomore at SDSU where I study criminology and sociology with minors in legal studies and ag business. I hope to someday go to law school but where is undecided yet.
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I’d like to start this week’s report by recognizing that we saw several bills that some constituents are very passionate about these last couple of weeks. I respect, and endorse, that passion, as these are important issues. In any case, I just ask that we continue to have conversations and debate about each of these bills as they are brought forward.
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WeekFourwastheonlyfiveday weekofLegislativesession. The deadline to introduce bills was Feb. 5.
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TOP FINISHERS ADVANCE TO MISSOURI VALLEY REGIONAL BEE
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We have our work cut out. All bills will have a hearing with action taken. This isn’t the case on the federal level. Last week I wrote about HB 1095 an act to modify provisions pertaining to the submission of a nominating petition. We optedtoremovetheemergency clause.Iwashesitanttochange theprocessduringtheprocess. If the bill does pass it will not go into effect until July 1st. Petitions deadlines will not change, however, I would still encourage those running for offices to get your petition in quickly to allow our election officials time to prepare. There have been instances when petitions are challenged. I was surprised by the defeat of SB 24 an act to create a solid background license plate for South Dakota. This was an optional all black or white plate. South Dakota has around 144 license plate options. In Commerce and Energy, we passed HB 1038 an act to allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers. This means if a data center is going to ask the Public Utilities Commission for a permit that theywillbepayingforthecosts incurred. This bill provides cost saving protection to the taxpayers of SD. Property tax relief,datacentersandfunding continue to be daily conversations and will throughout the next 5 weeks. It was my absolute pleasure to welcome the Czech Days Royalty to Pierre this week for Czech Days at the capitol. Capitol Czech Days is a great tradition for our district whichcreatesawarenesswhile inviting those around the state to join us for Czech Days. This years Czech Days will take place on June 19 and 20th in Tabor. I hope you can all attend. Also, visiting the people’s housewerestudentsfromFreeman, Avon and Menno High Schools. Thank you for seeing the importance of engagement in the political process. I was honored to join several military members from District 19 atGovernorRhoden’sMilitary Ball. We do not know them all, but we owe them all. There is nothing more important than honoring those who protect our freedoms. Thank you for your service. Good luck to the Parkston-Ethan-HansonGymnastics team as you compete at state next week! Go Royals!!! I can’t wait to cheer you on! As always, keep the communication coming. God Bless,
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PART ONE: HOW ADULTS’ MODEL & THE IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH
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