PIERRE, S.D. (AP) A proposal to expand Medicaid health coverage eligibility was defeated in the South Dakota Senate Tuesday, leaving the decision to voters in the November election. Republican Sen.
PIERRE, S.D. - A proposal to expand Medicaid health coverage eligibility was defeated in the South Dakota Senate. That leaves the decision to voters i.
While South Dakota ranks next-to-last in the U.S. in teacher pay, defenders of the system say they rank higher in per-pupil expenditure and could pay educators more through combining rural schools. But a closer look at the math and the history of school consolidation shows a more complicated picture.