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

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.

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