Kristi Noem bars local governments from working with 'evil foreign governments,' including China and Russia

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) signed a bill into law on Wednesday that bars state and local governments from contracting with "evil foreign governments." The law codifies an existing executive order from Noem, which prohibited state agencies from executing contracts with a list of foreign entities. SB 189 bans state and local governments from working with "foreign parent entit[ies]" from China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela. It also prohibits working with the countries themselves. “Our taxpayers’ dollars should not be revenue streams for evil foreign governments,” Noem said. “With...