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Smith says that prompted the city to tackle the issue of affordable housing.
• The city will make available $500,000 for low-interest loans for housing projects.
• Smith says the city wants to provide a pool of money that avoids federal rules. He says that will allow the selection of the best projects without having federal strings attached.
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Backers of SD insurance measure deliver petitions
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Supporters of a South Dakota ballot measure that would prohibit insurance companies from restricting their customers' choice of out-of-network health care providers have filed petition signatures seeking a public vote on the measure.
• KOTA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/17AYPhM ) that backers of the proposal delivered 29,000 petition signatures to be checked by the secretary of state's office. They need 15,855 valid signatures to put the measure on the 2014 general election ballot.
• The proposed law would allow any health care provider to take part in an insurance company's network as long as the provider is willing to meet the company's terms and conditions and operates in the company's coverage area.
• Supporters say it would allow patients to choose their own doctors. Opponents say the measure could drive up health care costs.
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Judge denies separate trials in SD prison case
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota inmate accused of aiding in an attack on a prison guard has lost his bid to have a trial separate from another inmate charged in the case.
• Garrett Dumarce, 25, and Carlos Green, 28, are charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. Green is accused of attacking Zane Mathis from behind and breaking his jaw on April 20. Dumarce is accused of signaling to have Green's cell opened before the attack. Dumarce has said he didn't know what Green was planning to do.
• Dumarce's lawyer, Lindsay DeMatteo, said trying the two men together before the same jury would discourage Green from testifying about what really happened. Green told law enforcement officers in a videotaped interview that Dumarce had no knowledge of his plans to attack Mathis.
• "If they're kept together, Mr. Green cannot be required to testify against himself," DeMatteo said.
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