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Pondering a Sales Tax Cut and Medicaid Expansion

Pondering a Sales Tax Cut and Medicaid Expansion

Senator-elect Sydney Davis Photo: WNAX


As South Dakota legislators prepare for the 2023 session in January, they will face a decision on cutting the sales tax on groceries.
Governor Kristi Noem made that a center piece of her reelection campaign.

District 17 Senator-elect Sydney Davis of Burbank says she needs to hear more details…..https://on.soundcloud.com/Pvw3U

Davis says the cut would be a significant change to the state budget…..https://on.soundcloud.com/cet6A

Voters approved a constitutional amendment expanding Medicaid coverage. Davis says the legislature may not have much of a role in those changes at first…https://on.soundcloud.com/4ABLD

Davis was unopposed in her move from the state House to the Senate.

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