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Legislators say federal funding uncertainty is forcing budget trade-offs, watch on reserves and one-time money
Summary
State legislators at a Vermillion town hall told residents federal spending changes could force deep state budget cuts and that the Legislature is prioritizing where to spend limited one-time funds rather than using reserves broadly.
Senator Sydney Davis, a vice chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, and members of the District 17 delegation told Vermillion residents that uncertainty about future federal funding is driving difficult choices in the current state budget.
Davis said South Dakota could face large new state costs if the federal share for Medicaid expansion were reduced: "If the federal government says that South Dakota's share of Medicaid is not 10% but 20%, that's $35,000,000 a year more that we're gonna have to come up with." She…
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