The Northwest Area Foundation announced Wednesday December 21, 2011 they have awarded a $175,00 grant to support the work of the South Dakota Budget & Policy Project (a project of South Dakota Voices for Children) in2012 and 2013. 

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It is important that the consequence of state budget decisions align with the values of South Dakota citizens

Political Science Professor Rober Burns, Vice Chair of the South Dakota Budget & Policy Project Advisory Council, wants to help South Dakotans understand and be involved with the state budgeting process.

In a February 17, 2011 Read more

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Joy Smolnisky, Director of SD Budget and Policy Project talks with South Dakota Public Broadcasting news producer Jackie Severin about the fiscal policy implications of Governor Daugaard’s State Budget address.   Click here for link.

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12-13-10  Sioux Falls Argus Leader article  No tax increase to boost budget – quotes South Dakota Budget & Policy Project’s suggestion that the state conduct a thorough study that addresses “what services South Dakotans expect over the long term and whether the state’s current system of taxation meets those expectations.”

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On 12-2-10 the SD Budget & Policy Project launched its website and released a state Budget Primer

The links below will take you to stories posted by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, KELO-TV, KSFY-TV, KDLT-TV, SD Public Broadcasting and SD Public News Service. 

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Air Date: 09/21/2010   On this edition of Dakota Midday, host Paul Guggenheimer talks with Joy Smolnisky, director of the South Dakota Budget and Policy Project. She discusses new figures released by the Census Bureau that show poverty rose substantially in South Dakota.

 To listen, click here.

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4-20-10  Dakota Digest – SD Public Radio  To save money the Legislative Executive Board decided to not conduct summer studies in 2010. The news comes to the disappointment of many, including the director of the South Dakota Budget and Policy Project, who wanted to take a comprehensive look into the state’s… Read more

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3-15-10  The South Dakota Budget & Policy Project has begun to provide information and analysis on government spending and revenues — with a focus on transparency and clarity of the budget process as she explained to KELO-TV. Read more…

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1/12/10  South Dakota Voices for Children has been awarded funding through the Northwest Area Foundation to begin a Budget & Policy Project for the state of South Dakota.  Read more about this by clicking here.

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