South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem released her 2024 budget proposal this week. It calls for spending just over seven billion dollars, with hundreds of millions of dollars in one-time projects.

Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, says they will soon start on the details…..

Hunhoff says they will work with the new committee members to get them up to speed…..

Hunhoff says they will have a lot of information to digest….

Hunhoff says unlike this year’s session, they won’t be able to start with early committee meetings because the new members haven’t been sworn in yet.