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On today's update...
A state House committee is targeting a Vermillion School District transgender bathroom policy. The committee endorsed a bill requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth.
A legislative committee has advanced a bill to add a new method to determine whether agricultural land should be taxed as cropland or ranchland.
The state Health Department says nearly 400 people are still hospitalized in the state with COVID-19, and 13 more South Dakotans have died. However, the number of South Dakotans infected with the disease continues to decline.
Jewel Cave National Monument in the southern Black Hills is re-opening for tours February 3rd.
And more.
