SD Gov. Kristi Noem Purging Conservatives in Legislature
By Ben Wetmore
As reported in the Gannett-owned Sioux Falls paper the Argus Leader. Gannett is a newspaper chain ultimately owned by Japanese SoftBank Group.
Gov. Kristi Noem is taking a more active role in this year’s primary election season, including trading barbs with incumbent lawmakers not in lock-step with her wing of the South Dakota GOP.
And that has some of her fellow Republicans accusing her and her allies of trying to rid the Legislature of its most conservative members.