This week's most-read Current story covered the firing of a Texas teacher, who was caught on video telling her students to refer to pedophiles as "minor-attracted persons," or "MAPs." Greg Abbott's reelection campaign splices video to put words in the mouth of his rival. Smith took the opportunity to swipe at Noem: “South Dakotans, you can tell the difference between right and wrong.A new ad from Gov. The board also requested that the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation examine her use of the state airplane. However, the Government Accountability Board's three retired judges voted unanimously last month to find that there was evidence that the governor engaged in a conflict of interest and committed malfeasance in the episode with her daughter’s licensure, but it also kept the board’s action on the complaint a secret. “This matter is closed and it is something that is very clear my daughter never once received special treatment,” Noem said, adding that she had followed the law and precedent in her use of the state plane. She was accused of misconduct for interfering in a state agency as it was preparing to deny her daughter a real estate appraiser license, as well as misusing the state airplane by traveling to events hosted by political organizations. She pointed out that she had pressed Ravnsborg to resign after he struck and killed a pedestrian with his car in 2020 and suggested the complaints were just an attempt to get retribution.Ī state ethics board in August acted on the complaints against Noem. The Republican governor deflected questions on a pair of ethics investigations against her by blaming the state's former attorney general, Republican Jason Ravnsborg, for filing the complaints to the state's Government Accountability Board. However, South Dakota has seen one of the nation’s highest rates of growth in personal income in recent years. Last year, it had the 15th lowest growth in gross domestic product - the broadest measure of economic output - among states. Recently, South Dakota’s economic growth has lagged behind the rest of the country. Noem publicly opposed the proposal after the state Senate dismissed it in March, but she said Friday that it was an idea she supported and her office had been working on it. They’re struggling because they can’t pay gas prices.”Įarlier this week, she promised to push for repeal of the state’s 4.5% tax on food sales.īut Smith was quick to point out that was an initiative he has been pushing for years, and when the House passed the proposal in March, support from Noem was lacking. She said she hears from many people who are “struggling because they can’t pay their grocery bill. But she also turned attention to the squeeze that inflation is putting on household budgets. Noem claimed the state has the “strongest economy” in the nation, crediting her decision to forgo government restrictions during the pandemic. Here are the key takeaways from the Friday night clash that was hosted by KSFY-TV: Smith, who is facing an uphill election in the heavily Republican state, cast himself as a moderate. The gubernatorial race's lone head-to-head meeting of the two candidates featured Noem touting her record of a hands-off approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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