South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem faces questions on disaster …
1 day ago · South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Homeland Security, addressed concerns about political bias in disaster relief during a Senate hearing. ... Washington, after the Babb Road fire, reportedly due to a dispute with Washington Governor Jay Inslee. This delay impacted funding to ...
Kristi Noem won’t say if she would withhold disaster aid if Trump …
1 day ago · If confirmed, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will lead the third-largest cabinet-level department, ... Trump refused to act on Governor Jay Inslee’s request for $37 million in federal disaster aid over a personal dispute, and then sat on the request for the final four months of his presidency. Trump had attacked Inslee as a “snake” and ...
Best of the West: 9 Western Governors give State of the State …
2 days ago · On Tuesday, January 14, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Washington Governor Jay Inslee delivered what will likely be both of their final State of the State addresses. With Governor Noem nominated to take the role of Homeland Security Secretary in the incoming Administration, her address laid out ten of the reasons why South Dakota will ...
FEMA, wildfires loom large in Noem hearing - The Hill
1 day ago · South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Homeland Security Department, arrives for a Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (Greg ...
Outgoing Wash. Gov. Inslee pushes state lawmakers to enact a …
Dec 24, 2024 · As the country's longest serving governor leaves office, Washington's Jay Inslee says the state should impose a wealth tax on the rich to meet the state's needs.
Inslee, on his way out, talks about successes, 'disappointments' …
Dec 22, 2024 · Jay Inslee is talking with his hands, as he often does, bristling slightly at a question of the biggest failure in his three terms as governor, as one might expect, and demurring blithely to...
Jay Inslee - Wikipedia
Jay Robert Inslee (/ ˈ ɪ n z l i / INZ-lee; [1] born February 9, 1951) is an American politician and lawyer who served from 2013 to 2025 as the 23rd governor of Washington.A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and was a candidate for …
Inslee's final State of the State address touts increased state ...
4 days ago · (The Center Square) – In his final State of the State address to the Legislature, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee touted the enormous increase in state spending on various programs and services since he took office, while imploring lawmakers not to reduce spending as they write the upcoming biennial budget.
US governors ranked on fiscal policy — here are five best - New …
Oct 16, 2024 · South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem rounded out the top five, tying Arkansas’ governor with a score of 69. The report praised Noem for maintaining the low-tax policies of one of the freest states in...
Inslee unveils plan for new juvenile detention center | South …
Nov 26, 2024 · Washington will open a new juvenile detention center on the campus of a prison in Aberdeen, an attempt to ease overcrowding at two existing state facilities for young people convicted of crimes. Gov. Jay Inslee on Nov. 25 said that the facility will be adjacent to Stafford Creek Corrections Center.