Governor Dennis Daugaard will present his yearly budget address to a join session of the South Dakota legislature this afternoon. District 22 Representative Jim White, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee says 365 days ago the picture was much different…
Daugaard told lawmakers last year the South Dakota should “take it’s medicine once” with a 10-percent across the board cut to state spending. Even with revenue increases, White says increasing support for education, Medicaid and state employees need to be looked at, but done cafefully…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/12/whitebudget2.mp3|titles=whitebudget2]Daugaard will address the Legislature at 1 PM.