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Talking Legislative Priorities

Talking Legislative Priorities

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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem held a conference call with a number of legislators last week to talk about priority issues for next years session.
Representative Marty Overweg of New Holland says they talked about how much money that may be available..

The state is getting over nine hundred million dollars in additional federal funding this year.
Overweg says there are a lot of ideas being bounced around…

Overweg says having too much money is a new problem…

The Governor will deliver her budget address to legislators in early December.

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