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Nursing homes, education, state employees applaud Noem's proposed budget | Dec 08

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On today's update...

Governor Kristi Noem is proposing a five percent pay increase for education, state employees and community health care providers. These groups, collectively called the Big Three, has their cost-of-living adjustment tied together.

The former police chief of the Yankton Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has been charged by federal prosecutors with wire fraud and theft from the tribe.

Nursing home advocates are lauding Governor Kristi Noem’s proposed budget, which calls for increased funding for the industry. However, the discussion about nursing home funding is far from over.

The Trust for Public Land – or TPL - has announced a pilot program to bring green community schoolyards to tribal communities nationwide. Three of those communities are in South Dakota.

The remains of a South Dakota airman killed in World War II will be laid to rest Friday. Walter Nies of Eureka was just 23 when his B-17 crash landed in 1944.

And more.

Megan hosts All Things Considered and the SDPB News podcast.