The Gering City Council heard an update on the Oikos housing development and approved the creation of a new position at the Monument Shadows Golf Course during it's meeting Monday. Michael Snodgrass, president of Oikos Development Corporation, said that preliminary work is moving along on the company’s housing development in south Gering following the council’s approval of the necessary zoning change in April. Traffic flow in the neighborhoods surrounding the development site were an issue raised by the public and the council leading up to the zoning change, and Snodgrass provided an update on connecting the housing development to another major thoroughfare. “Probably the most important thing is we were able to acquire the land so we now have access off of D Street, which everybody wanted to have done for the last meeting,” Snodgrass said. He also informed the council of the company’s ongoing efforts to secure necessary funding sources through the USDA and the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority. As that process moves forward, Snodgrass estimated a construction start time of fall 2025. Parks director Amy Seiler presented a proposal to the council allowing the creation of an assistant superintendent position at the Monument Shadows Golf Course. Seiler explained that the position is part of a succession planning effort as the current superintendent nears retirement. “Our current golf course superintendent has been with us for 25 plus years,” she said. “He is a remarkable individual and has a great deal of institutional knowledge regarding that golf course. I want to make sure that, as we transition from our current superintendent to a new one, that that transition goes smoothly.” The assistant superintendent position was included in the city’s current budget, so no additional costs will be accrued by its creation. Seiler said the position would be eliminated when the assistant superintendent moves into the superintendent role, but could ideally be reintroduced on a more permanent basis when it becomes financially viable to do so. The council unanimously approved the creation of the new position. Other business included hearing a presentation from city tourism director Tina Worthman and Rita Stinner on efforts to establish a creative district in the City of Gering. Stinner shared some background information on the Creative Districts Program, which was established by the state legislature in 2020. So far 34 creative districts have been established across the state, including one in Scottsbluff. Several major partners have come together to make a push for Gering’s own creative district, including the Gering Visitors Bureau, Gering Merchants Association, Oregon Trail Days, Legacy of the Plains Museum, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering Public Library and Gering Public Schools. Those groups, and others, are invested in driving the arts and tourism in the city, Stinner said. “Tonight, I want you to know one thing,” she said. “This idea is about money coming into Gering rather than requiring the city to fund something. It is also about all of these partners organizing for the betterment of the community.” The tentative plan would designate a large portion of Old Oregon Trail Road (M Street) and downtown Gering as the Oregon Trail Creative District, connecting the city’s shops and restaurants to some of its biggest tourist attractions in an overarching creative vision. Stinner said that 21 other creative district applications are currently pending approval, but voiced her confidence that Gering’s vision and plan have enough merit to make the cut. Other business for the council included approving bids for a front-end loader and various transformers for the ongoing electrical grid conversion. The council also voted to hold just one regular meeting in December, as its regularly scheduled meeting on the fourth Monday would coincide with the holiday season. Gering City Council meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at Gering City Hall, 1025 P St. Contact Fletcher Halfaker: fletcher.halfaker@starherald.com , 308-632-9048. We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Let us know what's going on! Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 5, 2024-- Chevron Corporation today announced an organic capital expenditure range of $14.5 to $15.5 billion for consolidated subsidiaries (capex) and an affiliate capital expenditure (affiliate capex) range of $1.7 to $2.0 billion for 2025. The company’s 2025 capex and affiliate capex budgets represent a $2 billion year-over-year reduction. "The 2025 capital budget along with our announced structural cost reductions demonstrate our commitment to cost and capital discipline," said Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth. "We continue to invest in high-return, lower-carbon projects that position the company to deliver free cash flow growth." Capex Upstream spending is expected to be about $13 billion, of which roughly two-thirds is allocated to develop Chevron’s U.S. portfolio. Permian Basin spend is lower than the 2024 budget and anticipated to be between $4.5 and $5.0 billion as production growth is reduced in favor of free cash flow. The remaining U.S. investment is split between the DJ Basin and the Gulf of Mexico, where deepwater growth projects continue to ramp and are expected to deliver offshore production of 300 mboed in 2026. In International, about $1.0 billion is allocated to Australia, which include Gorgon backfill investments. Downstream capex is expected to be approximately $1.2 billion, with two-thirds allocated to the U.S. Within total upstream and downstream budgets, about $1.5 billion of capex is dedicated to lowering the carbon intensity of our operations and growing New Energies businesses. Corporate and other capex is expected to be around $0.7 billion. Affiliate Capex Tengizchevroil LLP’s budget is less than half of the affiliate capex as the Future Growth Project is projected to achieve first oil in the first half of 2025. The remaining affiliate spend primarily supports Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, which includes the Golden Triangle Polymers and Ras Laffan Petrochemical Projects. 4Q24 Interim Update In connection with recently announced plans to achieve $2 to $3 billion in structural cost reductions by the end of 2026, the Company expects to recognize a restructuring charge of $0.7 to $0.9 billion after-tax in the fourth quarter, with associated cash outflows over the next two years. The Company also anticipates recognizing non-cash, after-tax charges related to impairments, asset sales, and other obligations of $0.4 to $0.6 billion in the fourth quarter. The Company expects to treat these as special items and exclude them from adjusted earnings. It is possible that the financial impact of these items may differ from the estimates provided, including differences due to final accounting determinations, changes in facts, circumstances or assumptions or other developments in the interim. 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Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are: changing crude oil and natural gas prices and demand for the company’s products, and production curtailments due to market conditions; crude oil production quotas or other actions that might be imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producing countries; technological advancements; changes to government policies in the countries in which the company operates; public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, and any related government policies and actions; disruptions in the company’s global supply chain, including supply chain constraints and escalation of the cost of goods and services; changing economic, regulatory and political environments in the various countries in which the company operates; general domestic and international economic, market and political conditions, including the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Israel and the global response to these hostilities; 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the potential failure to achieve expected net production from existing and future crude oil and natural gas development projects; potential delays in the development, construction or start-up of planned projects; the potential disruption or interruption of the company’s operations due to war, accidents, political events, civil unrest, severe weather, cyber threats, terrorist acts, or other natural or human causes beyond the company’s control; the potential liability for remedial actions or assessments under existing or future environmental regulations and litigation; significant operational, investment or product changes undertaken or required by existing or future environmental statutes and regulations, including international agreements and national or regional legislation and regulatory measures related to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; the potential liability resulting from pending or future litigation; the risk that regulatory approvals and clearances related to the Hess Corporation (Hess) transaction are not obtained or are obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated by the company and Hess; potential delays in consummating the Hess transaction, including as a result of the ongoing arbitration proceedings regarding preemptive rights in the Stabroek Block joint operating agreement; risks that such ongoing arbitration is not satisfactorily resolved and the potential transaction fails to be consummated; uncertainties as to whether the potential transaction, if consummated, will achieve its anticipated economic benefits, including as a result of risks associated with third party contracts containing material consent, anti-assignment, transfer or other provisions that may be related to the potential transaction that are not waived or otherwise satisfactorily resolved; the company’s ability to integrate Hess’ operations in a successful manner and in the expected time period; the possibility that any of the anticipated benefits and projected synergies of the potential transaction will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the company’s future acquisitions or dispositions of assets or shares or the delay or failure of such transactions to close based on required closing conditions; 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Other unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed in this report could also have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements. View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241205712836/en/ Randy Stuart -- +1 713-283-8609 KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: OIL/GAS ENERGY SOURCE: Chevron Corporation Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/05/2024 04:15 PM/DISC: 12/05/2024 04:17 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241205712836/enJames May begs pub-goers to stop queuing for the bar as former Top Gear star brands the culprits 'un-British' for forming single file queues to get served By GEMMA PARRY Published: 18:58, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 19:13, 24 December 2024 e-mail 5 View comments James May has begged pub-goers to stop queuing for the bar, branding the culprits as 'un-British' for forming single file lines to get served. The former Top Gear presenter, 61, took to X to share his thoughts on revellers making a single file queue to wait for their drinks in the pub. Mr May wrote: 'Please stop queuing at the bars in pubs. I know we have a Nobel prize for lining up, but this is un-British'. He signed off with: 'Anyway, it's Christmas . Happy Christmas everyone. Peace and love, people'. Many people were quick to agree with his comments, with one writing the practice was 'bizarre'. 'Bizarre to have a wide, empty bar, several staff, yet a single queue back to the door', they wrote. 'I first noticed this during COVID but it seems to have continued'. Another added: 'Absolutely this. A bar queue starts and ends at the bar. Queueing in a line in any pub is an abomination. Any decent bar person will have a good idea of who is next, and any decent pub goer knows who to point to if it's not them'. And another, a bar worker themselves, said: 'As an occasional bar worker, I fully agree. If you’re half decent on the bar you can pick out who’s first, whilst being able to serve a few people pretty much at the same time. Especially if you work well with your other team members'. The former Top Gear presenter, 61, took to X to share his thoughts on revellers making a single file queue to wait for their drinks in the pub Pubs across the UK are begging customers to learn how to order a pint at a bar (Stock Image) More commented that 'good bar staff know who is next in line', while another user added that the 'architecture of bars isn't setup for queuing', before quipping: 'That's why pubs don't look like building societies'. Read More Pubs across the UK plead with Gen Z punters to stop forming single file queues at the bar And another added queuing at the bar 'needs to be eradicated immediately' as it 'massively slows down service'. But not everyone agreed with Mr May, with one asking 'how are people supposed to get a drink James? Do reverse musical chairs until we get served?' In response, Mr May wrote: 'We managed well for centuries'. Another said 'queuing is the most British thing ever' and is a way for everyone to be 'treated fairly'. It comes after pubs across the UK begged their customers to learn how to order themselves a pint at the bar, with establishments in Leeds, London , Scotland and Manchester resorting to putting up signs with instructions. Some pub landlords reportedly think Generation Z have maintained habits picked up during lockdown which were originally designed to ensure social distancing. The behaviour has resulted in an Instagram page, called Pub Queues, which is dedicated to campaigning against the recent phenomenon and to educate younger drinkers on how to approach the bar. People all around the country have sent in snaps of long single file queues at their favourite venues. The campaign states its purpose is to 'end the recent phenomenon of queuing single file in pubs'. It says: 'We queue for the bus, or for the checkout, not at bars'. Some establishments have even started fighting back and have put up signs to discourage drinkers from forming single-file lines. One notice posted on the group reads: 'Please stop queuing in a line. Come to the bar.' Meanwhile, another sign states: 'If there is a single file queue in front of you, walk straight past it and go to the bar'. 'This is not a Post Office, there is no need to queue like one,' another read. While another said: 'Please come up to the bar for service! Please don't queue single file!' James May Top Gear Share or comment on this article: James May begs pub-goers to stop queuing for the bar as former Top Gear star brands the culprits 'un-British' for forming single file queues to get served e-mail Add commentAll Support characters in Marvel Rivals
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lowered its holdings in AppFolio, Inc. ( NASDAQ:APPF – Free Report ) by 39.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,540 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 4,206 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in AppFolio were worth $1,539,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Summit Global Investments acquired a new position in AppFolio during the third quarter valued at $759,000. Gladius Capital Management LP purchased a new position in AppFolio during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,054,000. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP increased its holdings in shares of AppFolio by 16.5% in the 3rd quarter. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP now owns 21,483 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $5,057,000 after purchasing an additional 3,038 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its position in shares of AppFolio by 48.1% in the second quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,000 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,957,000 after purchasing an additional 2,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Comerica Bank lifted its position in shares of AppFolio by 129.9% in the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 13,683 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,376,000 after purchasing an additional 7,732 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.34% of the company’s stock. Analyst Ratings Changes A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on shares of AppFolio from $300.00 to $252.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut shares of AppFolio from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $255.00 to $193.00 in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on AppFolio from $300.00 to $265.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded AppFolio from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $261.75. Insiders Place Their Bets In other AppFolio news, insider Matthew S. Mazza sold 5,090 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.24, for a total value of $1,202,461.60. Following the sale, the insider now owns 28,266 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,677,559.84. This trade represents a 15.26 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link . Also, major shareholder Maurice J. Duca sold 2,577 shares of AppFolio stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.75, for a total value of $646,182.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 2,875 shares in the company, valued at approximately $720,906.25. This represents a 47.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders sold a total of 24,461 shares of company stock valued at $5,766,272 in the last quarter. Insiders own 5.24% of the company’s stock. AppFolio Stock Performance APPF opened at $253.75 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $9.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.98 and a beta of 0.83. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $224.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $231.25. AppFolio, Inc. has a twelve month low of $164.29 and a twelve month high of $274.56. AppFolio ( NASDAQ:APPF – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 24th. The software maker reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.26. The business had revenue of $206.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $199.11 million. AppFolio had a net margin of 17.26% and a return on equity of 30.64%. AppFolio’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.26 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that AppFolio, Inc. will post 3.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. About AppFolio ( Free Report ) AppFolio, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud business management solutions for the real estate industry in the United States. The company provides a cloud-based platform that enables users to automate and optimize common workflows; tools that assist with leasing, maintenance, and accounting; and other technology and services offered by third parties. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding APPF? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for AppFolio, Inc. ( NASDAQ:APPF – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for AppFolio Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for AppFolio and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Manchester City blew a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 against Feyenoord in a Champions League thriller on Tuesday and extended their winless run to six games. Pep Guardiola The English champions did snap a five-game losing streak but did little to boost confidence ahead of Sunday’s trip to Premier League leaders Liverpool by conceding three times in the final 15 minutes. Related News EPL: Title dreams over if we lose to Liverpool, says Guardiola 75% of EPL clubs want City relegated — Guardiola EPL returns: Liverpool play Southampton, Amorim debuts, City target redemption Details later AFP
Chargers will be without top RB Dobbins and could lean on QB Herbert against FalconsPrincely Umanmielen’s return to the Swamp ends with a loss and a police escortCerity Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of HSBC Holdings plc ( NYSE:HSBC – Free Report ) by 65.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 92,136 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 36,543 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in HSBC were worth $4,164,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of HSBC in the 1st quarter worth approximately $275,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in HSBC by 108.0% during the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,712 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $75,000 after acquiring an additional 889 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of HSBC by 36.0% in the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,715 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $205,000 after acquiring an additional 1,247 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of HSBC by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 32,832 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,428,000 after acquiring an additional 4,758 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Five Oceans Advisors boosted its stake in shares of HSBC by 20.3% during the 2nd quarter. Five Oceans Advisors now owns 9,572 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $416,000 after purchasing an additional 1,613 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 1.48% of the company’s stock. HSBC Stock Performance HSBC stock opened at $46.90 on Friday. HSBC Holdings plc has a 1-year low of $36.93 and a 1-year high of $47.56. The company’s 50-day moving average is $45.43 and its 200 day moving average is $44.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $169.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.75 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 0.96. HSBC Dividend Announcement HSBC Company Profile ( Free Report ) HSBC Holdings plc provides banking and financial services worldwide. The company operates through Wealth and Personal Banking, Commercial Banking, and Global Banking and Markets segments. The Wealth and Personal Banking segment offers retail banking and wealth products, including current and savings accounts, mortgages and personal loans, credit and debit cards, and local and international payment services; and wealth management services comprising insurance and investment products, global asset management services, investment management, and private wealth solutions. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding HSBC? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for HSBC Holdings plc ( NYSE:HSBC – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for HSBC Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for HSBC and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
Jaguar boss disappointed by 'vile hatred and intolerance' over new advertCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bryce Thompson scored 17 points, Marchelus Avery had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Oklahoma State beat Miami 80-74 on Friday in the consolation bracket of the Charleston Classic. Oklahoma State (4-1) will play in the fifth-place game on Sunday, while Miami (3-2) will try to avoid going winless in the tournament. Oklahoma State led 43-27 at halftime after making 8 of 15 from 3-point range, while Miami was just 8 of 27 overall. Four different Cowboys made a 3-pointer in the first half, with Brandon Newman making three. Thompson banked in a shot early in the second half to give Oklahoma State a 20-point lead at 49-29. Miami, which opened the game by missing 7 of 8 shots, went 1 for 8 from the field to begin the second half. Miami trailed by double figures the entire second half until Matthew Cleveland made a difficult shot in the lane while being fouled. He made the free throw to pull the Hurricanes within 75-67 with 49 seconds left. Arturo Dean restored a double-digit lead by making two free throws at 43.8. Thompson reached the 1,000 career points with the Cowboys on a shot in the lane with 13:01 left in the second half to give Oklahoma State a 55-38 lead. Nijel Pack scored 20 points and Brandon Johnson had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Miami. Cleveland finished with 11 points, and Lynn Kidd and Paul Djobet each had 10. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up . AP college basketball: andJohan Cruyff Named His Greatest Football 11 of All Time
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Chase Artopoeus has two TD passes, TD run as Chattanooga tops Austin Peay 24-17 in season finaleAll you have to do to become a South Dakota resident is spend one night. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * All you have to do to become a South Dakota resident is spend one night. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? All you have to do to become a South Dakota resident is spend one night. Stay in a campground or hotel and then stop by one of the businesses that specialize in helping people become South Dakotans, and they’ll help you do the paperwork to gain residency in a state with no income tax and relatively cheap vehicle registration. The system brings in extra government revenue through vehicle fees and offers refuge to full-time travelers who wouldn’t otherwise have a permanent address or a place to vote. And that’s the problem. State leaders are at a stalemate between those who say people who don’t really live in South Dakota shouldn’t be allowed to vote in local elections and those who say efforts to impose a longer residency requirement for voting violate the principle that everyone gets to vote. And at least one state has gotten wind that its residents might be avoiding high income taxes with easy South Dakota residency and is investigating. Catering to the nomadic lifestyle Easy South Dakota residency for nomads has become an enterprising opportunity for businesses such as RV parks and mail forwarders. “That’s the primary concept here, is the people that have given up their sticks and bricks and now are on wheel estate, we call it, and they’re full-time traveling,” said Dane Goetz, owner of the Spearfish-based South Dakota Residency Center, which caters to full-time travelers. “They need a place to call home, and we provide that address for them to do that, and they are just perpetually on the move.” Goetz estimated more than 30,000 people are full-time traveler residents of South Dakota, but the actual number is unclear. The state Department of Public Safety, which handles driver licensing, says it doesn’t track the number of full-time traveler applications. Officials of the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office did not respond to emailed questions or a phone message seeking the state’s tally of full-time travelers registered to vote. The office is not responsible for enforcing residency requirements, Division of Elections Director Rachel Soulek said. Victor Robledo, his wife and their five kids hit the road a decade ago in a 28-foot (8.5-meter) motorhome to seek adventure and ease their high cost of living in Southern California. They found South Dakota to be an opportunity to save money, receive mail and “take a residency in a state that really nurtures us,” he said. They filed for residency in 2020. “It was as simple as coming into the state, staying one night in one of the campgrounds, and once we do that, we bring in a receipt to the office, fill out some paperwork, change our licenses. I mean, really, you can blow through there — gosh, 48 hours,” Robledo said. Residency rules spark election concerns Residency becomes thorny around voting. Some opponents don’t want people who don’t physically live in South Dakota to vote in its elections. “I don’t want to deny somebody their right to vote, but to think that they can vote in a school board election or a legislative election or a county election when they’re not part of the community, I’m troubled by that,” said Democratic Rep. Linda Duba, who cited 10,000 people or roughly 40% of her Sioux Falls constituents being essentially mailbox residents. She likes to knock on doors and meet people but said she is unable to do “relationship politics” with travelers. The law the Republican-controlled Legislature passed in 2023 added requirements for voter registration, including 30 days of residency — which don’t have to be consecutive — and having “an actual fixed permanent dwelling, establishment, or any other abode to which the person returns after a period of absence.” The bill’s prime sponsor, Republican Sen. Randy Deibert, told a Senate panel that citizens expressed concerns about “people coming to the state, being a resident overnight and voting (by) absentee ballot or another way the next day and then leaving the state.” Those registered to vote before the new law took effect remain registered, but some who tried to register since its passage had trouble. Dozens of people recently denied voter registration contacted the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, according to the chapter’s advocacy manager, Samantha Chapman. Durational residency requirements for voting are, in general, unconstitutional because such restrictions interfere with the interstate right to travel, said David Schultz, a Hamline University professor of political science and a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas. “It’s kind of this parochialism, this idea of saying that only people who are really in our neighborhood, who really live in our city have a sufficient stake in it, and the courts have generally been unsympathetic to those types of arguments because, more often than not, they’re used for discriminatory purposes,” he said. State lawmakers at odds over residency law Earlier this year, the Legislature considered a bill to roll back the 2023 law. It passed the Senate but stalled in the House. During a House hearing on that bill, Republican Rep. Jon Hansen asked one full-time traveler when he was last in South Dakota and when he intends to return. The man said he was in the state a year earlier but planned to return in coming months. Another man who moved from Iowa to work overseas said he had not lived “for any period of time, physically” in South Dakota. “I don’t think we should allow people who have never lived in this state to vote in our state,” Hansen said. Republican Sen. David Wheeler, an attorney in Huron, said he expects litigation would be what forces a change. It’s unlikely a change to the 30-day requirement would pass the Legislature now, he said. “It is a complicated topic that involves federal and state law and federal and state voting rights, and it is difficult to bring everybody together on how to appropriately address that,” Wheeler said. Out-of-state residents may see tax benefits More than 1,600 miles (2,500 kilometers) east, Connecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon has asked prosecutors to look into whether some state employees who live in Connecticut may have skirted their tax obligations by claiming to be residents of South Dakota. Connecticut has a graduated income tax rate of 3.0% to 6.99%. Connecticut cities and towns also impose a property tax on vehicles. South Dakota has none. Scanlon and his office, which administers state employee retiree benefits, learned from a Hartford Courant columnist in September that some state retirees might be using South Dakota’s mail-forwarding services for nefarious reasons. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Asked if there are concerns about other Connecticut taxpayers who are not state retirees possibly misusing South Dakota’s lenient residency laws, the Department of Revenue Services would only say the agency is “aware of the situation and we’re working with our partners to resolve it.” A South Dakota legislative panel broached the residency issue as recently as August, a meeting in which one lawmaker called the topic “the Gordian knot of politics.” “It seems like it’s almost impossible to come to some clear and definitive statement as to what constitutes a residency with such a mobile population with people with multiple homes and addresses and political boundaries that are easy to see on a map but there’s so much cross-transportation across them,” Republican Sen. Jim Bolin said. ___ Dura reported from Bismarck, North Dakota. Associated Press Writer Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report. Advertisement Advertisement