Sherry Bren

A legislative panel is again rejecting proposed rules for a first-of-its-kind program to get more home appraisers certified in South Dakota. The Department of Labor says the program could alleviate an appraiser shortage. Critics say the new approach isn’t rigorous enough.

A legislative oversight committee finds Governor Kristi Noem’s daughter got an extra chance to obtain an appraiser license.A unanimously adopted report says that was outside of the normal process.

A written report is the next step for a committee investigating whether the governor's daughter received special treatment from a state program.

The former head of the state appraiser certification program says the governor’s daughter received an additional opportunity to complete her appraiser license upgrade.Sherry Bren made those comments in front of the legislature's Government Operations and Audit Committee after being compelled by subpoena.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger joins us from Pierre following testimony from the former head of the state appraiser certification program, which is wrapped up in a controversy involving the governor and her daughter.

A document disclosure in the controversy surrounding Gov. Kristi Noem and her daughter is causing confusion in the South Dakota appraiser community.

The woman at the center of a controversy involving Gov. Kristi Noem and Noem's daughter will testify before a legislative committee.The Legislature's Executive Board approved a subpoena Wednesday. That's a legal document ordering a person to appear. The board did not set a date for the testimony.

A legislative committee is summoning the former head of the appraiser certification program to testify on a meeting she attended in 2020.That meeting also included Gov. Kristi Noem, her daughter and several top administration officials and lawyers.

Governor Kristi Noem is acknowledging a meeting took place that involved her daughter and the head of the state's appraiser certification program. At the time, Noem’s daughter was seeking an appraiser certification license.