South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proposed a two and a half percent pay raise for state employees, plus reducing insurance costs.
Eric Olilla, Executive Director of the South Dakota State Employees Organization, says they also got something unexpected…
Olilla says at the same time, they got more information on state employees pay status..
Olilla says they have a long time to defend what the Governor has proposed….
State workers got a one-point seven percent raise last year, but most of that went to higher insurance premiums.
