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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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. -
A new national nonprofit wants to redefine the environmental movement. ‘Nature is Nonpartisan’ launched its efforts in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, the geographical center of America. -
South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden is signing three bills into law that chip away at some of the last frontier of gun free zones in the state. -
The state mining board is approving an economic study for Dakota Gold as part of putting together an application for a mining permit in the northern Black Hills. The company wants to open a large-scale gold mine approximately five miles northwest of Lead at its Richmond Hill location. -
The United States is going back and forth with Canada and Mexico on tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, which could affect South Dakota exports. South Dakota’s lone congressman, Dusty Johnson, said the tariff conflict should be used to gain more market access.
