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Johnson wants to 'blacklist' some foreign companies who try to buy US farmland | July 13

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On today's update...

A South Dakota congressman wants to make it harder for some foreign interests to buy U-S agriculture companies. Republican Dusty Johnson is introducing the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act.

The mayor of the state's largest city says rapid growth requires strategic investments. Mayor Paul TenHaken’s capital program proposal calls for highway and street funding to increase by nearly fifty million dollars over the next five years.

The chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has slammed the federal agency that delivers health care to approximately 130,000 Native Americans in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa for declining to hire tribal leaders’ choice for an area director.

The U-S Department of Energy is awarding 1.65 million dollars to Red Cloud Renewable in Pine Ridge to help lower energy costs for Indigenous families.

A South Dakota company is working to make agriculture more productive and sustainable on a global level. Its current focus is getting cattle to produce less methane.

And more.

Megan hosts All Things Considered and the SDPB News podcast.