The story of how piggy banks became part of Western culture ... such as ceramic hot-water bottles, are smoothly rounded like a pig’s body and have indeed been called ‘pigs’.” ...

A state House panel shut down a bill that would have created a place to set aside cash for water projects across South Dakota.

But Duhamel has argued that the rapid gobble-up of federal COVID relief dollars for water projects across the state over the past few years is proof that the state needs a “piggy bank” for water.