PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Senate Transportation Committee has passed a bill to support airport terminal expansion in South Dakota. Senate Bill 144 would set aside 90-million dollars from the general fund for terminal improvements and infrastructure projects. Sioux Falls Regional Airport Executive Director Dan Letellier says while federal funding for airport projects is available, it hasn’t changed in decades…
Opposing the bill is Blair Tritle, a budget analyst with the state Bureau of Finance and Management…
Committee member, Senator Randy Deibert questioned Tritle on her concerns of setting a precedent with the measure…
The bill will move not to the Joint Committee on Appropriations.
