The budget includes $3.1 billion in federal funding and the equivalent of 14,095 full-time employees, an increase of 24 from last winter’s budget bill.

State appropriators voted Tuesday against former Gov. Kristi Noem's proposed $3.61 million cut to SDPB's budget.

Members of the Legislature’s main budget committee voted to maintain state funding for South Dakota Public Broadcasting on Tuesday, reversing former Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed $3.6 million cut. The Joint Appropriations Committee,