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Rolling Over the Budget Surplus

Rolling Over the  Budget Surplus

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The State of South Dakota ended the fiscal year on June 30th with a nineteen-million-dollar surplus, despite a fall in sales taxes.

Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says it was a better end then she expected…

Hunhoff, a member of the budget writing Appropriations Committee, says state agencies and departments didn’t spend all the money they asked for…

Hunhoff says she wants more information on the differences between dollars budgeted and what was actually spent….

The Appropriations Committee meets again Wednesday to get an update on the end of the budget year.

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