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Noem considers using coronavirus funds for employee salaries

by Associated Press
| May 27, 2020 2:03 PM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is developing a plan to use some of the $1.25 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay state employees’ March salaries and balance the budget, in case the Trump administration doesn't allow her to use the money to plug revenue shortfalls.

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