It looks like Governor Dennis Daugaard is putting away the budget-cutting knife for fiscal year 2013…..
In his proposed budget the Governor is coming through with a one-time bonus for state workers…..
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/Daugaard-2.mp3|titles=Daugaard-2]And there’s more…..
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/Daugaard-3.mp3|titles=Daugaard-3]Daugaard also proposed a 2.3% on-going increase in K-12 education funding plus a $12-million dollar one-time investment. Medicaid providers would receive a 1.8% on-going increase and $9-million dollars in one-time money. The Governor also earmarked $20.2-million dollars in reserve funds to pay for Missouri River flooding this spring and summer and the continued threat by pine beetles in the Black Hills.