• Hear some ideas worth spreading.* The annual TEDxSioux Falls event announced its speaker line-up, with topics ranging from the stories crimes tell to exploring identity in sports to learning how playing Dungeons and Dragons can be therapeutic. Now's the time to get your tickets for the April 17 event. Find a full lineup of speakers and learn more here.
• City shares affordable housing wins. The city helped more than 2,000 people through affordable housing programs last year, including several programs to provide funding for home repairs. Pigeon 605 has all of the numbers and details.
• Goodbye to the best Indian tacos in town. Watecha Bowl this week announced they'll be closing their Sioux Falls restaurant and moving to Freeman. They'll still be available for catering in town, and you may be able to catch their food truck out and about this summer. Otherwise, it's about an hour drive to Freeman.

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One big thing from Pierre

• A $7.3 billion budget. As the 100th legislative session wraps up, lawmakers have approved next year's budget, which is down about $5 million from the year prior. About $3.1 billion of that budget is federal funding. South Dakota Searchlight has the full breakdown. (Also, once again, can we give it up for the folks at Searchlight, Dakota Scout, SDPB and others who spent the last three months hanging out in Pierre)