Lawmakers demand report on welfare program spending, cash balances
Department of Social Services told to return this summer with TANF data
South Dakota lawmakers reopened a familiar fight Monday: whether the state is sitting on too much federal welfare money while poor families live on low cash benefits.
The Joint Appropriations Committee approved four letters of intent on Veto Day, when the Legislature returned after the 38-day session to act on the governor’s vetoes.
Three letters passed without opposition. The fight came over Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF.
South Dakota keeps moratorium, not ban, on ‘fake meat’; sustains governor’s veto
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A future where lab-grown meat replaces natural beef, pork and chicken in the diets of South Dakotans remains a threat.
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