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Larry Rhoden: “40% new members [in the legislature].”

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KOTA's Political Pulse #17 - South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden

Published July 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:58

And at the end of the day, not only did they not make any additional cuts, they actually restored about $8 million worth of the cuts that I had proposed. So they actually spent … 40% new members [in the legislature]. … on an ongoing basis, year after year. I'm curious to see what they're going to propose to get to that point. (19:58–20:05)

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“It was like a four-year process to get it to the finish line this year.”
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“We got unanimous support to all three questions [about the prison facility].”
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“They got a unanimous vote on that [prison location], which to me was pretty incredible.”
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“We needed broad support because we had a broad spectrum representing the legislature as a body in that group.”
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“They all agreed unanimously that we do indeed need to build a new prison.”
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“The NOME Road Administration, under Christie's leadership, had put together a very talented crew.”
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“These elections, these campaigns last way too long. And it's crazy the amount of money that people raise in these races.”
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“A year later, I wrote a letter to Secretary Rawlins, picked up the phone and called her.”
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“I propose the same budget to cut spending by $80 million in state agencies.”
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“Those same legislators are now saying we're going to make a 50% cut, which amounts to $350 million.”
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“We have the lowest property taxes of any state in this whole region.”
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“The half cent would, all that money would go into an owner occupied tax relief system.”
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“100% of that revenue of that half cent sales tax would go to buy down the taxes on the owner occupied.”
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