It’s funnel week for the Iowa Legislature. The end of the week is the deadline for bills to clear legislative committees in the Hour or Senate. Some of the proposals include strengthening the laws concerning sex crimes in the state. South Dakota lawmakers say they are turning their focus to the state budget, though Republicans and Democrats have laid out different visions of how to use that money. Legislators have settled on revenue projections that are $19 million more than Gov. Kristi Noem's