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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, fresh off a challenging election campaign, has announced a cabinet with some new faces around the table and many veterans in different portfolios.

For a fifth straight time, the Saskatchewan Party is projected to form a majority government after a narrow victory over the Saskatchewan NDP Monday night.

Humboldt-Watrous is a provincial riding located in central Saskatchewan.

NDP Leader Carla Beck says she would cut $58 million in spending during her first year as premier should her party win the Saskatchewan election set for Oct. 28. 

With only a one per cent CPI increase in Sask. over the last year, Childs said residents are seeing their value of money decline at a slower rate than the rest of the country.

As Saskatchewan prepares for a provincial election likely to happen this fall, over the last few months a number of Saskatchewan Party MLA’s are stepping away from politics.

Finance minister Donna Harpauer was ordered to apologize Monday after she sent the Speaker a text accusing him of letting the legislature devolve into an 'Opposition puppet show.'

Premier Scott Moe says he has cautioned his caucus about texting the Speaker after his finance minister landed in hot water for doing so.

Taxpayer money already supports the agriculture industry and some say the bill will go up as climate change-driven natural disasters make it harder for farmers to eke out a living.

The budget includes increases in the overall funding put towards agriculture, as well as for risk management measures like crop insurance.

NDP Leader Carla Beck criticized the Saskatchewan Party government for not pausing the fuel tax at a time when people are paying more in provincial sales tax. 

The 2024-25 Saskatchewan budget was released with a focus on "classrooms, care and communities."

Premier Scott Moe posted to X on Tuesday, saying that Donna Harpauer, Don McMorris, Dustin Duncan and Gord Wyant won't be running in Saskatchewan's October election.

Public sector bargaining chair Donna Harpauer spoke about the bargaining stalemate between teachers and the provincial government.

Starting Thursday, there will be rotating full day strikes by a number of school divisions across the province.

Donna Harpauer, who served 25 years in politics,16 years in cabinet, reflects on her accomplishments and hardships.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland would not provide a specific timeline for determining how much Alberta would be entitled to if it leaves the Canada Pension Plan.

"We need to do some work on the livestock side so that we aren't having these AgriRecovery settlements that aren't budgeting for," said Ian Boxall with APAS.

The mid-year financial report says the deficit puts Saskatchewan down $1.3 billion from budget, as the province had initially forecast a surplus of more than $1 billion.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the Saskatchewan government should drop the Provincial Sales Tax on construction projects as Ottawa cuts the GST on new rental construction.