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South Dakota Legislators Start Final Week Budget Debate

South Dakota Legislators Start Final Week Budget Debate

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The main focus of the final full week of the South Dakota legislature will be coming up with a budget bill.
Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says every legislator has seen the financial updates….

Hunhoff, a member of the Appropriations Committee, says there will be a lot of negotiations this week over those dollars…

There are some estimates that those three priority areas could get increases of one point five to one-point seven percent. Hunhoff says that will all depend on the give and take…..

Legislators have reserved March 26th as the final day to consider any vetoed bills.

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