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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South Dakota US Senator Mike Rounds said the Republican effort to make federal tax cuts from 2017 permanent will help the average South Dakota family. Rounds said the effort will save the average South Dakota family $2,400 annually. -
The United States Congress is considering a rescission request from the Trump administration to pull funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The maneuver would negatively affect SDPB—as well as the four public tribal radio stations in South Dakota. -
Gov. Larry Rhoden is accepting a request to delay a special session next month to consider the recommendation of a task force on where to build a new men’s prison. -
A task force looking at building a new men’s prison is abandoning a contentious location in Lincoln County the state already owns. It’s unclear what will become of the state-owned site. -
A prison task force is hoping crews can build a fifteen hundred bed men’s prison for over $200 million less than a proposal abandoned earlier this year. Prospective contractors say it can be done, but the facility won’t last as long. -
A governor-appointed task force is narrowing the number of possible men’s prison sites. -
A new report is narrowing the field of possible new men’s prison locations in the state. Its primary recommendation is the state build on a contentious plot of land in Lincoln County. -
A collaborative sculpture, four years in the making, is now available for public view in west Rapid City. The sculpture is meant to honor children who lost their lives while attending the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. -
The group wants to lower property taxes. But some on the task force worry its biting off more than it can chew. -
The South Dakota Department of Social Services is seeking public comment on its Medicaid work requirement waiver.
