• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota lawmakers have increased their own budget to provide extra money for travel, staff and other expenses.
• As part of the state budget passed Friday, the lawmakers added $500,000 to the Legislature's existing $4.8 million annual budget. The extra money will be used to pay for legislators' travel to conferences and seminars and possibly for hiring some additional staff.
• The extra money also will cover increasing the lawmakers' current expense allowance of $110 a day to $123 a day. They get that allowance during the annual legislative session.
• Supporters argue that extra spending on travel and staff will help lawmakers get more information about key issues. Opponents say the Legislature should not boost its own budget when schools and other priorities have a greater need for the money.
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• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- A 78-year-old survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp is set to speak about strength and forgiveness during a speech at South Dakota State University next week.
• Eva Mozes Kor was 10 when she and her family entered the concentration camp in 1944. Soldiers seized Kor and her twin sister to be used as human guinea pigs for experiments on twins.
• When the camp was liberated in January 1945, Kor and her sister were among 200 children who survived. None of their family survived.
• Kor has founded a survivors' group and has returned to Auschwitz 13 times.
• Her speech at SDSU, "Ethics in Medicine: Lessons from Dr. Mengele's Lab," will be at 7 p.m. on March 20 in the Performing Arts Center. A book signing will be held after the lecture.
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