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Tensions are growing following Israel’s preemptive strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Iran followed up with strikes of its own. South Dakota’s lone rabbi had just returned from a trip to Israel with state leaders shortly before the strikes.
While discussions around a new state prison continue, one of the proposed sites is holding community forums to provide information to the public.
South Dakota is expected to receive more than $10 million as part of a settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The $7.4 billion settlement ends the litigation against the company for its role in fueling the opioid crisis.
Flooding damaged homes and properties in the Glacial Lakes region, but it appears the worst of it was avoided in northeast South Dakota. Now, the recovery begins.
State officials are keeping an eye on potential cuts to the federal Essential Air Service program -or EAS- by the Trump Administration. The program subsidizes air service to smaller communities including Pierre, Aberdeen, and Watertown.
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