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Spreading the Money Around

Spreading the Money Around

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South Dakota legislators approved unprecedented levels of spending this session due to injections of federal pandemic dollars and rising sales tax collections.

Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, Co-Chair of the Joint Appropriations Committee, says one stand out project is a new bio-processing lab at SDSU…

Hunhoff says with the new economic stimulus plan, they may have a similar financial situation next year….

Hunhoff says they tried to project beyond the end of the extra outside money…

Legislators also approved seventy-five million dollars for broadband expansion, twenty five million for railroad improvements between Pierre and Rapid City and fourteen million for a new exhibit hall at the State Fair.

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