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SD Legislators Concerned About Fading Federal Funds

SD Legislators Concerned About Fading Federal Funds

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Members of South Dakota legislative committees have been going over agency budgets, and finding that federal funding for many programs is being reduced.
Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says she is concerned with the trend…..

Hunhoff says block grants could translate into big cuts for state programs….

Hunhoff chaired a summer study committee on payments for healthcare providers. She says they have not found any extra money for those facilities…..

Hunhoff, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, says the big agency budgets are coming in the next few days.

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