AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoHousing & Urban Development: Grand Forks leaders toured Sioux Falls riverside mixed-use projects and came away focused on redeveloping Grand Forks’ former water treatment plant, aiming to restart planning with new ideas. Affordable Homebuilding: Brookings showed off Branch Creek, a 23-acre affordable housing development expected to deliver 130 homes by 2027-2029, with early pricing tied to South Dakota’s first-time buyer program. Agriculture & Costs: Record diesel prices are squeezing South Dakota and regional farmers during harvest, raising fears of higher food prices as fuel and input costs surge. Farm Policy Push: South Dakota Farmers Union members headed to Washington to press for a Farm Bill updated for today’s fuel, input, disaster, conservation, and food-safety realities. Science & Energy: Sanford Underground Research Facility scientists say they may have detected dark matter signals at the Lux Zeplin experiment in a South Dakota gold mine, pending deeper review. Health Policy: Trump announced Medicaid “most favored nation” drug pricing access in all 50 states, with the White House citing major Medicaid savings. Local Governance: A divided South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 5-4 to recommend a pardon in a 2001 sex offense case, with Governor Rhoden holding final authority. Aviation/Defense: The Air Force says it will extend the service lives of B-1B and B-2 bombers as B-21 Raider deliveries ramp up, with Ellsworth Air Force Base slated for 2027 arrivals.
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