South Dakota lawmakers signed off on recommendations of the Joint Committee on Appropriations during the special session Monday.

Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, a member of the JCA, says they put a lot of work into those spending decisions…

The state got over one point two billion dollars from the federal government for COVID-19 related costs.

Hunhoff says the resolutions passed by the legislature gives the Governor authority to spend the almost six hundred million dollars still outstanding…

Hunhoff says the recommendations are a compromise…

Hunhoff says she believes the dollars can be spent by the end of the year to meet federal guidelines.