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Prisons, pipelines & pragmatism; the good & the bad on ambulances; overhauling property tax codes; & the story behind Kristi Noem's threat
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Prisons, pipelines & pragmatism; the good & the bad on ambulances; overhauling property tax codes; & the story behind Kristi Noem's threat

SPONSORED BY BEAL DISTRIBUTING & JUNA SLEEP SYSTEMS | Joe Kippley of both the Minnehaha County Commission & Sioux Falls Health Department visits the bunker on a memorable day for The Dakota Scout.

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HERE ARE LINKS TO A FEW OF THE DAKOTA SCOUT STORIES DISCUSSED DURING THIS WEEK’S EPISODE:

Sioux Falls

Tensions flare as $70K fence near Bishop Dudley homeless shelter gets blessing

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Mar 5
Tensions flare as $70K fence near Bishop Dudley homeless shelter gets blessing

More than an hour of pleas to stop a fence from being built around a high-crime parking lot next door to a Sioux Falls homeless shelter weren’t enough to keep City Hall’s plan from moving ahead.

Sioux Falls

Ambulance service could become burden of Sioux Falls taxpayers

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Mar 5
Ambulance service could become burden of Sioux Falls taxpayers

The days of a self-sustaining ambulance system in Sioux Falls are numbered.

State Politics

Gov. Rhoden signs bill removing eminent domain for carbon pipelines

Gov. Rhoden signs bill removing eminent domain for carbon pipelines

PIERRE – Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill that strips eminent domain authority from companies building carbon pipelines Thursday, giving opponents of the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline final victory.

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Kristi Noem threatens to sue The Dakota Scout over credit card spending stories

Kristi Noem threatens to sue The Dakota Scout over credit card spending stories

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s personal lawyer on Friday threatened to sue The Dakota Scout newspaper over reporting on the former governor’s use of taxpayer-backed credit cards.

Taxpayer-backed credit card use rose with Kristi Noem’s national profile

Taxpayer-backed credit card use rose with Kristi Noem’s national profile

Former Gov. Kristi Noem’s rise to national prominence began five years ago with a sharp increase in travel around the country.

Lincoln County prison project paused —for now; special session coming

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Feb 27
Lincoln County prison project paused —for now; special session coming

PIERRE — Lincoln County might not be the site of a new prison after all.

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

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

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.

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