SDDP 028 How high's the water, mama?

In this week's episode, legislative zeal meets tech turbulence: state bills on AI transparency and personhood mingle with social media skirmishes, as Arkansas and Ohio's age checks face free speech duels, and TikTok gives Montana the side-eye. South Dakota’s education czars shrug at AI but whip up a policy for the classroom, while TechNet warns against overzealous privacy laws putting AI innovation in the slow lane. Surgeon General Murthy suggests Congress slap mental health warnings on social media amidst bikers making news at the Juneteenth Freedom Walk. The Minnehaha County Auditor dusts off the 2020 ballots for a belated audit as South Dakota grapples with abortion laws and Constitutional Amendment G. Rural healthcare remains a Sisyphean task, with mobile clinics as the latest hope. Meanwhile, IM-29 brings the weed debate to the 2024 ballot sans retail and tax chat, and an FRA study teases Amtrak routes through South Dakota with economic windfalls on the horizon.

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