— South Dakota Gov. Bren testified that she felt “intimidated” at the July meeting, where she said Peters’ unsuccessful application was discussed in detail and a plan was formulated that gave her another chance to apply. Bren said that she could not remember the agency forming what’s called a “stipulation agreement” for any other appraiser at that point in their …
— South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s daughter on Tuesday said she would quit the real estate appraiser business following scrutiny over whether her mother used her influence to aid her application for an appraiser license. She told Hultman she would turn in her appraiser license by the end of the year, adding “I’m angry and I can acknowledge that this …
South Dakota’s labor secretary told lawmakers Thursday that officials had decided to give Gov. Testifying before the Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee, which is looking into the agency at the center of the controversy, Hultman acknowledged it was unusual to have an applicant like the governor’s daughter in a meeting that she said mostly covered potential changes to the …
— Just days after a South Dakota agency moved to deny her daughter’s application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Gov. Bren, who had directed the Appraiser Certification Program for three decades, told the AP that she received a text on July 26 from her supervisor telling her to be at the governor’s office the next morning, ready to …
