The state of South Dakota will spend about $200 million more on office rentals in Sioux Falls and Rapid City over the next three decades under two contracts cut by former Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration with a Black Hills developer with ties to the GOP.

Moving a collection of rare taxidermy animal mounts that had been on display at the Great Plains Zoo out of state has the backing of the family who gifted the exotic collection to the city of Sioux Falls four decades ago.