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South Dakota apologizes — and pays transgender advocacy group $300‚000 for discrimination
The state of South Dakota has issued an apology letter and a $300‚000 payment to a transgender advocacy group for the abrupt cancellation of a Department of Health contract in 2022. Those are the terms of a settlement agreement inked Thursday in a federal discrimination lawsuit shortly after the cancellation. The group had a contract with the state‚ paid for with federal funds‚ to provide community health worker services to the LGBTQ+ community from its Sioux Falls headquarters. The...