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Noem signs hemp and other bills, but says budget in doubt

Noem signs hemp and other bills, but says budget in doubt

4 years ago
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https://apnews.com/1b4214d3a79d3172c2c943bc6c8274f2

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday signed 15 bills that allocate millions of dollars to South Dakota programs, including industrial hemp, but offered no guarantee on whether the funding would remain after the state reworks its budget in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Noem said the budget allocations likely depend on how much money the state gets from the federal government in a stimulus bill. The bills give millions of dollars to an industrial hemp program, repairing abandoned natural gas wells, a veteran's cemetery, a School of Health Sciences building at the University of South Dakota and expanding broadband services to rural communities.