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Cooper said. Those calls have tapered off.
• "Everyone says it makes more sense," she said. "It's easier to find things."
• State Rep. Corey Mock, D-Grand Forks, said users of the previous website "needed to do a lot of clicking around" to find information.
• "As a legislator I became really familiar with the process," Mock said. "But as a member of the public, you really don't know where to go. It really wasn't that well laid out."
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Schools, medical providers want more state money
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard will propose a cautious state budget with moderate spending increases that are unlikely to satisfy schools and medical providers.
• Daugaard has said he will propose increasing state aid to schools under a formula that increases that funding by the rate of inflation up to a maximum of 3 percent. He also will ask the Legislature to give medical providers a small increase in Medicaid reimbursements to cover the effects of inflation.
• But the governor tells the Argus Leader newspaper (http://argusne.ws/TCy7cf ) that he will not propose any larger increases to offset budget cuts made a year ago.
• Representatives of education and health care facilities say they need more money to make up for the earlier budget cuts.
• Daugaard unveils his budget proposals Tuesday.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. THE RISKS OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN
• Analysts warn that pulling back too much could slow the Afghan army's development, while keeping too many would prolong its dependence on the U.S.
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• 2. HOW A SERIAL KILLER'S BLOOD COULD CRACK COLD CASES
• The AP's Don Babwin reports Illinois police are creating DNA profiles of executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy and others to see if the killers had more victims.
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• 3. JAPAN'S AGING TUNNELS
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