SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- From education funding to state salaries and a new penitentiary… Gov. Kristi Noem has laid out her plans for the 2025 budget.

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Noem's budget has $182M for men's prison

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) --  Gov. Kristi Noem is committed to paying cash for a proposed new men's prison. Noem said during her budget address Tuesday that her fiscal year 2025 budget address includes the "remaining need of $182 million in one-time dollars to fully fund this new prison." 
	
		WATCH/READ: Gov. Kristi Noem give budget address	   The guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for the proposed new men's prison in Lincoln County is $825 million.…

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(PIERRE, SD) – For the final time as Governor, Kristi Noem addressed a joint session of South Dakota’s House and Senate Tuesday afternoon for her annual budget address. Noem, who is expected to resign next month after being named President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, said the ‘past six years have been one of the greatest honors of my lifetime.’ “I have always kept my budget proposals focused on our peop…

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Noem addresses annual budget in address to South Dakota House, Senate

Gov. Kristi Noem delivers the fiscal year 2026 budget address at the Capitol in Pierre on Dec. 3, 2024. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)PIERRE — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem proposed a leaner state budget Tuesday with a small increase for schools and cuts to some departments and programs, yet with new money to create a school-choice program and continued contributions to a prison construction fund. In her fiscal year 2026 bu…

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Noem budget includes cuts, but also new school choice program and more prison money • South Dakota Searchlight

Noem Weakening Public Education, Ignoring Underserved Communities     
Sen. Liz Larson
Senate Minority Leader
District 10 – Sioux Falls    
“While I share a commitment with Gov. Noem to balance the state’s budget, we must also ensure we are prioritizing the challenges that many South Dakotans face. The Democratic caucus is committed to investing in our public schools and lowering costs for South Dakotans – this includes access to affordable chil…

Noem Weakening Education in South Dakota - South Dakota Democrats

PIERRE — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem proposed a leaner state budget Tuesday with a small increase for schools and cuts to some departments and programs, yet with new money to create a school-choice program and continued contributions to…

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Noem budget includes cuts, but also new  school choice program and more prison money

Gov. Kristi Noem’s next budget calls for $72 million in cuts to social services and other South Dakota government expenditures to help fund various workforce, health care and education initiatives.

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Worthington

Nobles County

Minnesota

Gov. Noem calls for $72M in cuts to fund ‘big three’ initiatives

If Kristi Noem’s days as South Dakota governor are numbered, she’s going out swinging.The second-term Republican delivered what’s expected to be her final budget address to state lawmakers Tuesday, warning of a lean year for tax revenues while calling for the creation of a school voucher program, a major reduction in public funding for state-supported media, and the final piece of funding for a new men’s prison.“Every dollar that we invest, ever…

Budget has 1.25% increases for 'big 3,' Noem says

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