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erenced current drug and alcohol alternative courts and showed how they assist in rehabilitation of troubled citizens and he recommended that our state continue to expand their presence.  Veterans' needs are more important than ever, and SD Democrats join the bipartisan effort to expand services for our Vets.   
• No other topic dominates the agenda of Democratic legislators more than providing adequate funding to our public schools.  We believe that education is the key to economic opportunity in the state of South Dakota. The drastic cuts to education passed by the 2011 Legislature have left a huge hole to fill.  These cuts have resulted in close to 500 South Dakota educators losing their jobs.  The result in our own legislative district, and all across the state, has been the loss of programs, lar

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