SIOUX FALLS SD (KELO) -- Here are this morning's top stories with KELOLAND On the Go. A bill requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public South Dakota classrooms passed the Senate yesterday. 
	
		10 Commandments in school bill narrowly passes Senate	 In a matter of hours, we should know the name of South Dakota's new Lieutenant Governor. That's according to Governor Larry Rhoden, who spoke to a joint session of South Dakota's legisl…

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House Bill 116 was filed by three Republican lawmakers in Frankfort.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A bill requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public South Dakota classrooms passed the Senate with a 18-17 vote. 
	
		Rhoden: Naming Lieutenant Governor Wednesday	 Senate Bill 51 would require every classroom in the state to display the Ten Commandments on a poster no smaller than eight by 14 inches. The Ten Commandments must be the focus of the poster and in large, easily readable font.  The bill’s sponso…

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10 Commandments in school bill narrowly passes Senate

There is currently a bill in the North Dakota Legislature; House Bill 1145 that, if passed, would make it mandatory for the Ten Commandments to be posted in all North Dakota public school classrooms. During the 2023 legislative session, a bill overwhelmingly passed the House and the Senate and was signed by Governor Burgum that would allow public schools to post the Ten Commandments with school board approval. Both bills were strongly opposed by…

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Ten Commandments have a place in schools

PIERRE — The South Dakota Senate voted 18-17 on Tuesday at the Capitol to advance a bill mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and teach their historical significance.

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SD Senate Narrowly Advances Bill Requiring Posting And Teaching Of Ten Commandments In Schools

State Sen. John Carley, R-Piedmont, foreground, listens on Jan. 28, 2025, in the South Dakota Senate as Sen. Red Dawn Foster, D-Pine Ridge, speaks about Carley's bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be taught and displayed in public schools. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)PIERRE — The South Dakota Senate voted 18-17 on Tuesday at the Capitol to advance a bill mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every cl…

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SD Senate narrowly advances bill requiring posting and teaching of Ten Commandments in schools • South Dakota Searchlight

Jim Burklo offers 10 of the 600-odd commandments in the Bible that differ from the popular versions.

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Ten (of the) Commandments

Senate Bill 51, introduced in the 2025 session of the South Dakota Legislature, proposes to require the “display and curricular inclusion” of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.Supporting that, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, wrote that “the Ten Commandments were influential in the creation of our country and the development of our legal system.” State Sen. John Carley, R-Piedmont, regards the Ten Commandments as “a tr…

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State officials misreading history in push to place the Ten Commandments in South Dakota public schools — The South Dakota Standard

State Sen. John Carley, R-Piedmont, foreground, listens on Jan. 28, 2025, in the South Dakota Senate as Sen. Red Dawn Foster, D-Pine Ridge, speaks about Carley’s bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be taught and displayed in public schools. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)PIERRE — The South Dakota Senate voted 18-17 on Tuesday at the Capitol to advance a bill mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every cl…

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SD Senate narrowly advances bill requiring posting and teaching of Ten Commandments in schools

(Editor’s note: Gloria Espeseth, a retired Lutheran minister, is a 1968 graduate of Noonan High School.) One of the questions that doesn’t get enough attention in the “Ten Commandments in the classroom” debate is “Which version?” I first learned this was a problem when a friend purchased a decorative plaque of the Ten Commandments at one of the 1980s home decorating parties. The numbering was off. In my Lutheran upbringing, I learned “Honor your…

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Complicating the school Ten Commandments debate

South Dakota’s House of Representatives will vote Friday on whether public schools will be mandated to publicly display the Ten Commandments. The state Senate voted on Tuesday (18-17) to move forward a bill that would mandate all public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments and have their historical significance be part of the curriculum, according to The Dakota Scout. South Dakota’s Senate has 31 Republicans and 4 Democrats. “These are…

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