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SD Board of Regents Add Up Budget Requests

SD Board of Regents Add Up Budget Requests

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The South Dakota Board of Regents, like all state agencies, made a number of budget proposals for next year’s legislature.

Heather Forney, vice president for finance and administration, told the Regents at their meeting last week at SDSU that Governor Kristi Noem included many of their requests in her budget….

Forney says many big building projects are also included…

Forney says one other big project was added….

Forney says the six university campuses will also share in a pool of over twenty million dollars for water and wastewater improvements.

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