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District 18 Senate Candidates Debate Issues

District 18 Senate Candidates Debate Issues

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Candidates for District 18 Senate seats in the South Dakota legislature met in a forum last (Thursday) night at RTEC in Yankton.

One question was about helping families take care of aging relatives.
Republican Roger Meyer says home health care should be a first option for families..

Meyer says the state should help find the resources to help families…

Democrat Craig Kennedy says home health resources are concentrated in the bigger cities..

Kennedy says there were bills in the legislature to expand those kind of services…

Kennedy has served two years in the Senate. Meyer is making his first run for the legislature.

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