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71,000 are uninsured.
• House Democratic Leader Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton said the health care overhaul clearly will remain law, so South Dakota should do all it can under the law to provide health insurance. Because South Dakotans pay federal income taxes to support the expansion of Medicaid across the nation, the state should take the federal expansion money, he said.
• "I do think when all the facts are on the table, it's going to look like a pretty fair and responsible deal. The fair and responsible decision would be to participate," Hunhoff said.
• Rep. Brian Gosch, R-Rapid City, said it's a matter of studying the issue.
• "I'm not saying we should or shouldn't. I don't have the information," Gosch said.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's biggest city has gotten a little bigger.
• Sioux Falls officials on Monday released their year-end 2012 population estimate of 158,800 people. That is 2,500 more than last year, an increase of about 2 percent.
• Sioux Falls has grown by more than 24,000 people during the past 10 years. City officials cite several reasons, including quality jobs, parks and schools, a good transportation network and a low crime rate.
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