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Resorts, parking, Netflix: Noem goes out spending during last months in office

Resorts, parking, Netflix: Noem goes out spending during last months in office

Nearly $30k charged to state credit cards during Republican's final weeks as South Dakota governor

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Feb 23, 2025
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem at her confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate.

PIERRE — South Dakota taxpayers shouldered nearly $30,000 in expenses of former Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration as she transitioned to President Donald Trump’s cabinet in Washington, D.C.

That’s according to a review of the former governor’s state-issued credit card records, obtained by The Dakota Scout through a settlement between the newspaper and the South Dakota Auditor’s Office agreed to after Noem became U.S. Homeland Security secretary in late January.

RELATED: State backs off legal threat over Noem credit cards

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