PIERRE — A Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion has been formed in the South Dakota Senate to look into the conduct of District 30 state Senator Julie Frye-Mueller. Frye-Mueller was pulled from two committees she served on and was stripped of voting privileges in the Senate over an allegation of unprofessional behavior between the Senator and a staffer at the Legislative Research Council. District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff says action caught his attention as a freshman lawmaker…
Details on what exactly happened between Frye-Mueller and the L-R-C staffer have been vague and Mehlhaff says his position on the incident has been challenged…
Mehlhaff says consideration needs to be given to both sides in the matter…
The Select Committee is expected to report back to the full Senate by Friday.
