Last night I appeared on South Dakota Focus to discuss the upcoming legislative session. To summarize a few of the issues that I discussed:
✔️ It's a tight budget year, but unlike the federal government, our state must maintain its commitment to fiscal responsibility and balance our budget without raising taxes or throttling future generations with piles of debt.
✔️ In spite of the budgetary challenges, I'd like to see education, state employees, and medicaid providers receive 2% inflationary increases.
✔️ The Governor's proposed $14 million increase to special education is a great proposal and I will support it.
✔️ We need to tackle our meth problem in South Dakota, in part, by incentivising users to disclose who their dealer is so that we can help stop the flow of meth in South Dakota.
SDPB News
In anticipation of the 2020 South Dakota Legislative Session, South Dakota FOCUS with Stephanie Rissler hosts a live discussion with state legislators.
Joining Rissler in the Vermillion SDPB studios are:
Sen. Jordan Youngberg (R) Madison
Sen. Craig Kennedy (D) Yankton
Rep. Michael Saba (D) Hartford
Rep. Jon Hansen (R) Dell Rapids
South Dakotans are invited to join the conversation. Email SDFocus@sdpb.org or leave a comment at 800-456-0766. ... See MoreSee Less
