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House State Affairs sends prison funding bill to appropriators

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — While House Bill 1025 now goes to the House Committee on Appropriations in Pierre, the House State Affairs committee gave no recommendation Wednesday on the legislation itself. Officials consider $70K fence to improve safety, site HB 1025 would put $763 million toward building a new men's prison in Lincoln County for which $62 million are already appropriated. The House State Affairs committee heard Wednesday fro…

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House State Affairs sends prison funding bill to appropriators

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — While House Bill 1025 now goes to the House Committee on Appropriations in Pierre, the House State Affairs committee gave no recommendation Wednesday on the legislation itself. Officials consider $70K fence to improve safety, site HB 1025 would put $763 million toward building a new men's prison in Lincoln County for which $62 million are already appropriated. The House State Affairs committee heard Wednesday fro…

·Sioux Falls, United States
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Decisive vote on prison looms as House committee passes off funding measure

Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko testifies before the House State Affairs Committee for a measure that would fund the state’s prison proposal in Lincoln County. (Austin Goss/The Dakota Scout)PIERRE — The latest skirmish in the state’s years long bid to build a new prison pitted opponents and supporters against each other again Wednesday, ending in a stalemate. The House State Affairs Committee voted 12-1 to send House Bill 1025 t…

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Lincoln County prison funding bill advances without committee recommendation

PIERRE — A bill that would move nearly a billion dollars in funding and authorize the construction of a future prison in Lincoln County survived a committee hearing, but was passed without recommendation. After more than an hour of discussion on the fourth floor of the South Dakota State Capitol building in Pierre on Wednesday, Feb.12, lawmakers voted 12-1 to send House Bill 1025 to appropriators. The motion came without recommendation to approp…

·Worthington, United States
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siouxfallslive.com broke the news in Worthington, United States on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
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