SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A House Committee in Pierre defeated a measure that would have allowed local governments to post information on the Internet instead of the newspaper.
General Manager of the South Dakota Newspaper Association David Bordewyk says they did an independent survey of South Dakotans. He told the committee that the results show most South Dakotans still want government information printed in the newspaper.
But Representative Steve Westra of Sioux Falls says newspaper circulation is at an all-time low. Westra realizes that South Dakotans from baby boomers to millennials get information from various source but he says they're not getting it from newspapers.
The measure was sent to the 41st day of the 39 day session.