Lee Strubinger
Reporter/ProducerLee Strubinger is SDPB’s Rapid City-based politics and public policy reporter. Lee is a two-time national Edward R. Murrow Award winning reporter. He holds a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.
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President Donald Trump’s on again, off again trade war is on pause for 90-days. But lingering concern over tariffs brings light to how international markets touch South Dakota in both large industry and small business. -
A ballot question committee is asking federal courts to toss a pending law moving up the deadline to submit petition signatures. -
The South Dakota Department of Social Services assumes it will have lower Medicaid utilization in the coming year. That's led state lawmakers reduced the state Medicaid match by $4.5 million for the coming fiscal year. -
South Dakota’s lone US Representative said President Trump is laying out a strategic plan to reorder the American economy. -
A group appointed by Gov. Larry Rhoden is exploring options for a new prison facility in the state. Following the first of four meetings on what to do about constructing a new men’s prison to address overcrowding, many lawmakers say programming for inmates must increase. -
A health care advocacy network is filing a legal challenge against the state to prevent a new law from going into effect. -
Gov. Larry Rhoden wants to give county governments the option to implement a half-penny sales tax to go toward property tax relief. -
Elected state officials are hoping a new bill signed into law will limit taxable valuation growth in a handful of counties. Soon, some state lawmakers will embark on an interim study to reduce property taxes while looking at the state’s education funding formula. -
Gov. Larry Rhoden is signing a bill that loans the Douglas School District in Box Elder $15 million dollars at zero percent interest. The money will get used to start construction of a new school to meet the district’s needs as the B-21 Raider beds down at Ellsworth Airforce Base. -
Over the weekend, Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. led an engagement to cleanse the Sanford Underground Research Facility. The sprawling underground laboratory was once home to the Homestake Mine in the northern Black Hills, which produced over 40 million ounces of gold.
