‘Future is very bright’: South Dakota unemployment rate shrinking after Kristi Noem refused lockdown measures

Published September 17, 2020 4:44pm ET



Gov. Kristi Noem touted South Dakota’s shrinking unemployment rate after she refused to lock the state down amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“South Dakota’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8% in August. Our economy is quickly getting back to normal, and the future is very bright,” Noem tweeted Thursday morning.

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