• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will get more than $1 million as its share of a national settlement with a pharmaceutical manufacturer that allegedly distributed substandard drugs.
• Jackley says South Dakota joined with other states and the federal government in a $500 million dollar settlement to resolve allegations involving Ranbaxy, a company based in Gurgaon, India. He says the company allegedly manufactured, distributed and sold generic drugs whose strength, purity or quality fell below federal standards.
• South Dakota's portion of the settlement is more than $1.1 million. Jackley says more than $761,000 will be kept by the federal government as the federal Medicaid share. The remaining $408,000 will go to the state general fund to offset alleged damages to the state's share of the Medicaid program's cost.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Small Business Administration says low-interest federal disaster loans are available to certain private, nonprofit organizations in South Dakota because of an April winter snowstorm.
• SBA Administrator Karen Mills says organizations that provide essential governmental services in Douglas, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Shannon and Turner counties are eligible for assistance.
• The loans of up to $2 million can be used to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. The loans carry a 2.875 percent interest rate and can be financed with terms up to 30 years.
• Interested organizations should register with FEMA. The filing deadline is July 9.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will be among federal and tribal leaders taking part in the first of a three-day summit focusing on Indian child foster care in South Dakota.
• The summit starts Wednesday in Rapid City. It will feature representatives from

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