Democratic legislative leaders participate in a Newspaper Day at the Legislature press conference on Thursday, Jan. 26. From left: moderator Carson Walker, CEO of South Dakota News Watch; House Assistant Minority Leader Erin Healy of Sioux Falls; Senate Minority Leader Reynold Nesiba of Sioux Falls and House Minority Leader Oren Lesmeister of Parade. (Photo: Jeremy Waltner/ Freeman Courier)
PIERRE — Republican and Democratic legislative leaders differed Thursday in their opinions about what should happen to former colleagues who took a state-sponsored trip to Hawaii during the last years of their terms.
The leaders made the comments to editors and publishers during Newspaper Day at the Legislature on Jan. 26.
At issue was the attendance at a legislative confe...