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• Consolation Semifinal
• Rapid City Central 56, Sioux Falls O'Gorman 48
• Sioux Falls Roosevelt 54, Sturgis 50
• Semifinal
• Mitchell 46, Sioux Falls Washington 37
• Sioux Falls Lincoln 50, Aberdeen Central 48
• State A Tournament
• Consolation Semifinal
• Clark/Willow Lake 61, Sioux Falls Christian 34
• Spearfish 52, Chamberlain 39
• Semifinal
• Harrisburg 47, Aberdeen Roncalli 37
• Pine Ridge 63, West Central 53, OT
• State B Tournament
• Consolation Semifinal
• Parker 48, Wall 30
• Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 73, Timber Lake 45
• Semifinal
• DeSmet 47, Hanson 36
• Warner 47, Sully Buttes 38
SD lawmakers OK budget after priority dispute
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Legislature passed a $4.1 billion state budget Friday after lawmakers wrangled on whether to give more money to schools and medical facilities that treat the poor.
• The House voted 48-7 late Friday night to approve the spending plan recommended earlier in the day by the Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee. The Senate passed the budget 31-4 just after 11:30 p.m., bringing an end to the main run of this year's legislative session. Lawmakers will return to the Capitol for a final day March 25 to consider any vetoes issued by the governor.
• In the House and Senate floor debates, Democrats made a final effort to cut spending in other areas so money could be shifted to support education and medical services for the poor, but the Republican majority rejected the proposal in debates similar to those held earlier by the Appropriations Committee.
• Democrats argued that the Legislature should give more money to support ongoing spending in education and medical care. Majority Republicans said the budget (Continued on page 35)
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