WASHINGTON, D.C.(HubCityRadio)- On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed three Senate Appropriation bills.  One of the bills includes $20.3 million for the WINS project for Northern South Dakota.

Senator Mike Rounds who serves on the Appropriation Committee released the following statement:

“I’m pleased that the Senate has passed our second appropriations package for FY2026,”said Rounds. “This appropriations package reduces the cost of running these agencies by $2 billion compared to what a continuing resolution with current funding levels would have been. Our ‘minibus’ appropriations package includes several wins for programs in South Dakota. I’m particularly glad to have secured funding for projects across the state, from rural water development to tribal construction projects to law enforcement security upgrades. It also funds programming at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, a world-class underground laboratory outside of Lead.”

All total over $41.5 million are going to projects in South Dakota.