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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We’re getting a better idea of the makeup of next year’s Legislature as more results from the election come in.
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Republicans are reclaiming majority control of the United States Senate.
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South Dakota voters have rejected an abortion rights constitutional amendment.
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Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson is retaining his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Rapid City’s mayor says the city could have communicated better with groups that serve meals to homeless people before building a fence around the area those meals are served.
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Kate Looby was the director of Planned Parenthood in South Dakota from 2003 to the end of 2008. During that time, voters twice rejected near total abortion bans during elections in 2006 and 2008.
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The program that hosts South Dakota’s online voting database is back up and running after a temporary technical issue with the voter check-in system on Friday. Secretary of State officials say the glitch was due to a Microsoft service disruption and the interruption did not affect the tally or processing of votes.
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South Dakota voters will decide whether to allow state lawmakers to require Medicaid recipients work in order to receive healthcare benefits. Last election, voters approved expanding Medicaid benefits for individuals by 56 percent.
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A legislative leadership committee is green-lighting two subpoenas for Department of Revenue leaders related to recent vehicle titling scandals. The move comes after lawmakers say they got inadequate answers from the department secretary last week.
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South Dakota voters get the chance to approve or reject a bill state lawmakers passed earlier this year related to carbon dioxide pipeline regulation.One expert says state voters must weigh multiple issues at once that could have national implications.