PIERRE, (KCCR) — Cuts to funding for the Essential Air Service have been included in the Big Beautiful Bill moving through Congress. Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt says right now, the bill cuts E-A-S funding by 308-million dollars…
Jundt says the Department of Transportation has been in contact with the state’s three E-A-S airports in Pierre, Watertown and Aberdeen. Those cities have are aware of the possible cuts and have been in written contact with South Dakota Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds asking the Senators to not support cuts to E-A-S funding.
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