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South Dakota awards $2.1M in transportation grants
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation has awarded nearly $2.1 million in grants to 11 communities, counties and tribes.
• Transportation officials say the grants are part of a program that aims at funding safe, alternative transportation options.
• The largest award went to Meade County for sidewalks and related improvements to provide safe off-street pedestrian routes to the Black Hawk Elementary School. The department allocated more than $298,000 to that project.
• The program gives out grants using federal transportation funds that have been designated by Congress. Local governments, school districts and tribal governments are among the groups that can apply for a grant.
• Grant recipients are expected to provide $900,000 in local or in-kind matching donations.
• A pedestrian pathway in Aurora County is also among the programs that will be funded.
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SD tourism secretary joins federal travel board
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Tourism Secretary James Hagen is one of 13 new additions to a federal advisory board on travel and tourism.
• The 32-member panel offers guidance to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on national tourism policy. It includes members from across the country, including representatives from public and private sectors
• Hagen says he wants to ensure that travel industries in all states are considered in national strategy and policy. He says he looks forward to helping increase travel to and around the country.
• The board is working to help the country reach a national goal of attracting 100 million visitors by 2021.
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Judge won't dismiss 'pink slime' defamation suit
• ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota judge on Thursday refused to throw out a defamation lawsuit against ABC related to its coverage of a meat product called lean, finely textured beef, which critics have dubbed "pink slime."
• Beef Products Inc. sued the television network in 2012 seeking $1.2 billion in damages. Dakota Dunes-based BPI says ABC's coverage led to the closure of three (Continued on page 19)
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