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some of their claims were false, and we could not prove them otherwise."
• She said she and her husband pleaded guilty out of fear that if they didn't, prosecutors would implicate their daughter in the case.
• Sixteen others were fined between $500 and $26,000. They also were given probation and stripped of hunting privileges.
• "The Rock Creek Ranch investigation exposed the large-scale illegal commercial exploitation of South Dakota wildlife resources," said William Woody, assistant law enforcement director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "This case shows the importance of federal and state officers working together to protect our resident wildlife species."
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SD budget committee rejects school aid plan
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota school districts suffered a setback Thursday in their efforts to persuade state lawmakers for extra money to help them recover from budget cuts imposed three years ago.
• The House Appropriations Committee voted 5-4 to kill the funding proposal after a state budget official said it could be difficult to find money to pay for the extra school aid.
• But representatives of school boards, administrators and teachers said they know a final decision on school aid won't be made until the Legislature passes a state budget near the end of the session in March.
• House Appropriations Chairman Fred Romkema, R-Spearfish, said after the meeting that discussions will continue and aid proposals may be offered when the budget is put together.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaar's' proposed budget would boost aid to schools by 3 percent next year, nearly double the inflationary increase required by law. But groups representing school districts are asking the Legislature for 3.8 percent, which would put spending per student where it was before budget cuts made in 2011.
• The 3.8 percent boost, proposed by a legislative study panel that met last summer, would be $5.3 million more than the governor has recommended.
• Jim Terwilliger of the governor's budget office said Daugaard's proposed budget would spend all available estimated revenue for the year beginning July 1, so boosting school aid would require cuts to other programs or the collection of additional revenue.
• Rep. Lance Carson, R-Mitchell, said recent projections of state tax collection are (Continued on page 26)
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