Budget projections approved by South Dakota legislators last week show a decrease of about twenty-eight million dollars in sales tax revenue from the earlier projection. Some legislators say they may have to make spending cuts in to offset the drop.
Joy Smolnisky, Executive Director of the South Dakota Budget & Policy Project, says lawmakers don’t have to make a rush judgement….

Smolnisky says the revenue picture may not be as bad as legislators are seeing…..https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/joy-smolnisky-220b

Smolnisky says Governor Dennis Daugaard is still working on a deal with the federal government that could save the state millions of dollars…..

Legislators have a long weekend, and will return to Pierre on Tuesday.