South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Saturday. The 53-year-old Noem, a ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden did not deviate greatly from Noem's executive agenda, but there are early differences between ...

Kristi Noem used her State of the State address on Tuesday to say goodbye ... stronger and freer than the one that I grew up in.” Noem budget includes cuts, but also new school choice program ...

Kristi Noem said she loves top 10 lists ... Noem discussed education savings accounts, a key point of her budget address. "But education isn’t one-size-fits-all. That’s why we’re ...

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former ...

Formerly the lieutenant governor, Rhoden took over the state's highest office after Kristi ... annual budget in the next fiscal year. During Noem's fiscal year 2026 budget address delivered ...

Gov. Kristi Noem presents her annual budget address to lawmakers in the South Dakota State Capitol on Dec. 3, 2024. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota Republican Gov.

Kristi Noem used her State of the State address on Tuesday to say goodbye ... stronger and freer than the one that I grew up in.” Noem budget includes cuts, but also new school choice program and more ...