By CHET BROKAW
Associated Press

Gov. Mike Rounds announced Thursday he has signed into law a measure that presumes government documents in South Dakota are public unless there's a good reason to keep them secret.

The new law starts with a presumption that records are open to public inspection. It then closely follows laws in other states to list the kinds of records that must be kept confidential.

Such records include medical and financial information about people, student records, trade secrets, university research secrets and security information that would endanger the public if released.

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