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Jean Hunhoff Named Chair of the SD Senate Appropriations Committee

Jean Hunhoff Named Chair of the SD  Senate Appropriations Committee

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As committee assignments were handed out for the 2021 session of the South Dakota legislature, Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, who will be moving to the Senate, was named Chair of the Appropriations Committee. She says she can use her experience there….

Hunhoff says they will face a lot of questions when the session starts…

Hunhoff says the committee still has work to do this year..

Hunhoff has served in the House or Senate since 2001.

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