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Vermillion forum spotlights tough budget choices, prison funding and one‑time priorities
Summary
Legislators at a Vermillion Cracker Barrel forum described a tight state budget and disagreement over using one‑time money to fund a proposed new prison, while identifying education raises and one‑time infrastructure grants as competing priorities.
At a town‑hall style Cracker Barrel forum in Vermillion, lawmakers said the state faces a tight budget year and must decide whether to use one‑time revenues for a proposed new prison or to preserve funds for other priorities such as education and local infrastructure.
The balance between ongoing and one‑time spending dominated the budget discussion. Representative Chris Kasten described the recent revenue setting and the Legislative Research Council’s forecast that state revenues may bounce back, saying the adopted numbers allowed “some extra dollars in the ongoing and a few extra dollars in the 1 time.” Senator Sydney Davis said the prison proposal is a linchpin:…
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