Governor hopefuls tackle education
August 13, 2010 at 2:58 am in The Daily Republic
South Dakota governor candidates Scott Heidepriem and Dennis Daugaard disagreed Thursday on the wisdom of taking $26 million available in a federal jobs bill and offered different plans to increase state funding for education.
Heidepriem, a Democrat, said state government has grown too large under the eight-year administration of Republican Gov. Mike Rounds and Daugaard, his lieutenant governor. Heidepriem said he’d cut government to free up money that could go to K-12 education. Continue Reading
