As South Dakota lawmakers look to close budget gaps this year and next, there is no real move by majority republicans to consider using budget reserves.

Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, says those reserves are related to the state’s “Triple A” credit rating….

Hunhoff says keeping those reserves intact help governments at all levels in the state…..

Hunhoff says each legislator has a different idea of budget priorities…..

This is the final full week of the 2017 legislative session.