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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem updates the media on the COVID-19 pandemic during a news conference, at Monument Health in Rapid City, S.D. Noem issued an executive order, Monday, March 23, 2020, recommending that businesses limit gatherings and hospitals postpone elective procedures. (Jeff Easton/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem updates the media on the COVID-19 pandemic during a news conference, at Monument Health in Rapid City, S.D. Noem issued an executive order, Monday, March 23, 2020, recommending that businesses limit gatherings and hospitals postpone elective procedures. (Jeff Easton/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)

March 26, 2020

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Noem pushes emergency bills, but doctors say it's not enough
March 26, 2020 9 p.m.

Noem pushes emergency bills, but doctors say it's not enough

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday said she will pitch legislators on a series of 10 emergency bills to address what she believes will be a months-long fight against the coronavirus, but a leading doctor's group says she is not currently doing enough to stop its spread.