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SD Searchlight || bsky @southdakotasearchlight.com

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We provide free news and commentary on critical issues facing the state. We seek to serve the public interest with accuracy, fairness, insight and civility.

Pierre, South Dakota

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Joined August 2022

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Oct 27, 2022
Around 80% of individual donor addresses listed on Gov. Kristi Noem’s most recent campaign finance filing are out-of-state, according to a Searchlight analysis. The tally of out-of-state addresses in Democratic challenger Jamie Smith’s records was 5%.
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Analysis: 80% of Noem’s reported individual donations are from out-of-state • South Dakota Search...
Around 80% of the individual donor addresses listed on Gov. Kristi Noem’s most recent campaign finance filing are out-of-state.
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Apr 29, 2024
Gov. #KristiNoem "wants us to believe that she can solve the multiplicity of complex problems facing our nation, yet she couldn’t even solve the problem of an unruly dog." Commentary from @KevinWoster:
What Noem’s shot heard around the world says about her approach to problems • South Dakota Search...
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May 6, 2024
A new book from Gov. #KristiNoem says "excuses are not accepted" in SD and "we need truth from our leaders." Perhaps she should drop the excuses and tell the truth about why her new book falsely claims she met Kim Jong Un, writes @SethTupper. Commentary:
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Now that Noem knows what’s in her own book, she should tell us how it got there • South Dakota...
Kristi Noem owes South Dakotans an explanation for why she included a false story in her book about meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Jun 27, 2024
“We learn with every flood that happens,” Gov. #KristiNoem said recently. South Dakota Searchlight Editor @SethTupper says that's true, and there's a lot to learn about Noem from this one. Commentary:
Flood washes away Noem’s false veneer of leadership • South Dakota Searchlight
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Sep 6, 2024
A Native American tribe in South Dakota will receive a nearly $8 million grant from a federal program that state government declined to apply for. More about the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant awarded to the #RosebudSiouxTribe:
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Tribe gets nearly $8 million from federal program that state shunned • South Dakota Searchlight
A Native American tribe in South Dakota will receive a nearly $8 million grant from a federal program that the state declined to apply for.
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May 2, 2024
Since Gov. Noem’s disclosure of her farmyard killing spree, everybody’s been focused on the dog. But if you really want to understand #KristiNoem, you need to consider the goat, writes @SethTupper. Here's why:
Noem’s dog killing was bad, but to really understand her, consider the goat • South Dakota Search...
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Jul 16, 2024
South Dakota Gov. #KristiNoem used her speech at the Republican National Convention to praise former President Donald Trump’s devotion to the Constitution, without mentioning that he’s criminally accused of subverting it.
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Trump ‘honored the Constitution,’ Noem says in convention speech • South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem used a speech at the Republican National Convention to praise former President Donald Trump’s devotion to the Constitution.
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Apr 25, 2024
"Just as people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, politicians who call for audits should first make sure that their own books are in order. ... Noem’s tenure in Pierre has been an expensive one for South Dakota taxpayers." Commentary:
Can South Dakota afford to keep Kristi Noem on its payroll? • South Dakota Searchlight
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Apr 12, 2024
And then there were four: Gov. #KristiNoem has been banned from another tribal reservation. Citing numerous reasons, the #RosebudSiouxTribe said, "Moving forward, we will only acknowledge Governor Noem after she issues a public apology."
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Gov. Kristi Noem banned from fourth South Dakota reservation • South Dakota Searchlight
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in south-central South Dakota is the fourth tribal nation to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from tribal lands this year.
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Sep 13, 2024
While legislators were passing a law requiring more information from Gov. #KristiNoem about a fund she controls, she was awarding $13.5 million from the fund to a shooting range that legislators had declined to pay for. Details and legislator reaction:
Some lawmakers upset after Noem awards millions to project they refused to pay for • South Dakota...
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Feb 2, 2024
A transgender advocacy group, @SDTransformProj, has won an apology and a $300,000 payment from the state of South Dakota. "When the government discriminates against transgender people, there are consequences," the group said. Details on the settlement:
State apologizes, pays transgender advocacy group $300,000 for discrimination • South Dakota...
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Aug 15, 2023
"So much Jesus" and an "event for the whole family"? @SethTupper examines Gov. Kristi Noem's sanitized version of the #SturgisMotorcycleRally.
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The holy Sturgis trinity: Noem, Jesus and family • South Dakota Searchlight
A warning to non-South Dakotans: If Gov. Kristi Noem lures you to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally expecting to meet Jesus, you’ll likely be disappointed.
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Oct 14, 2024
Democratic U.S. House candidate Sheryl Johnson has pinned her hopes of unseating incumbent Dusty Johnson on her status as a "South Dakota mom." She says she'd bring a voice of reason to a dysfunctional Congress.
‘Mom for Congress’ pins bid to unseat Dusty Johnson on message of pragmatism, public service •...
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May 8, 2024
During a series of contentious interviews, Gov. #KristiNoem has repeatedly said a story in her new book about fatally shooting a dog was already widely known and used against her in South Dakota. But her former political opponents say that's not true.
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Noem's former opponents reject her claim that dog-killing story was widely known and used • South...
Gov. Kristi Noem claims a story about her shooting a dog was already widely known and used against her, but former opponents say that's false.
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