Some lawmakers upset after Noem awards millions to project they refused …
Sep 13, 2024 · While legislators were passing a law in March requiring more information from Republican Gov. Kristi Noem about a fund she controls, Noem was awarding $13.5 million from the …
Freedom Works Here contract prompts proposal to ban collusion in …
Jan 25, 2024 · PIERRE — A Sioux Falls lawmaker wants to make it a crime for state employees to collude with vendors vying for taxpayer-funded contracts. The proposal follows weeks of controversy …
Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — As then-Gov. Kristi Noem crisscrossed the country — stumping for President Donald Trump and boosting her political profile beyond her home state — she refused to reveal ...
Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was ...
Mar 28, 2025 · SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As then-Gov. Kristi Noem crisscrossed the country — stumping for President Donald Trump and boosting her political profile beyond her home state — she …
Firm tied to Kristi Noem secretly got money from $220 million DHS ad ...
Nov 14, 2025 · The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to …
‘Like we don’t exist’: One year after the flood, a sense of abandonment ...
Jun 23, 2025 · After the press conference, Noem flew to a political fundraiser in Tennessee, which is where she was when the flood surge hit McCook Lake and sent people fleeing. During the aftermath, …
Kristi Noem, who sent Guard troops to Texas, resists using them for …
Jun 28, 2024 · Kristi Noem, who sent Guard troops to Texas, resists using them for her own state’s flooding South Dakota governor says activations are ‘expensive’ and should only be used for a …
Former vice presidential candidate calls Noem ‘antithesis of the South ...
Jul 13, 2025 · SIOUX FALLS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz regaled about a thousand people at a South Dakota Democratic Party fundraiser Saturday night with jabs at the state’s former and current …
Resorts, parking, Netflix: Noem goes out spending during last months …
Feb 23, 2025 · The Scout sued South Dakota State Auditor Rich Sattgast in September after his office refused to turn over the detailed billing statements from Noem’s credit cards. In six years in office, …
South Dakota gov pushes changes to transgender sports ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday suggested language changes in a bill to ban transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ or women’s sports …
Nine of nine: Final South Dakota tribe bans governor from its land ...
May 22, 2024 · RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering the lands of all nine tribes in South Dakota. Following a meeting on Tuesday, May 21, the Flandreau …
As deaths spiral, South Dakota governor opposes mask rules
Nov 16, 2020 · SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday showed no sign of budging from her hands-off approach to the pandemic, despite finding herself among a dwindling …
Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem hospitalized after allergic reaction ...
Jun 17, 2025 · WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken to a Washington, DC, hospital on Tuesday, according to multiple media reports. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for …
Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames ...
Major US airports from New York to Oregon and North Carolina to Nevada have refused to play a “public service announcement” from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at security ...
Noem seeks nominations to replace Sioux Falls-area lawmaker
Jan 13, 2025 · South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced Monday she’s seeking nominations for a new lawmaker to represent District 6 in southeastern South Dakota, after Republican Representative …