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Deputy Attorney General Diane Best received a special award of recognition for her work on open government issues from 2008-09 SDNA President Mark Roby, right, during Newspaper Day at Pierre this past winter. Attorney General Larry Long, left, recently was named by Gov. Mike Rounds to a circuit court judge position in Sioux Falls. During his tenure as attorney general, Long advanced many open government issues, including creation of the open meetings commission and a comprehensive study of open records issues that ultimately led to 2009 landmark open records legislation.