Lee Strubinger

In The Moment ... January 8, 2019 Show 490 Hour 1

The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation now has a tribal radio station.

K-I-P-I has had its FCC license for about a month and will serve a valuable role for the community. Tribally run radio stations are important for those in Indian country, especially hyper-rural areas where broadband access is limited.

SDPB’s Lee Strubinger reports…

The call letters for K-I-P-I radio are perfect for the Eagle Butte station.

“KIPI is a Lakota term meaning ‘to come home.’”

The South Dakota Republican Party made a clean sweep of statewide races in the 2018 midterm election.

Former Chief-of-staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard and Public Utilities Commissioner Dusty Johnson won handily over his Democratic challenger Tim Bjorkman. Johnson took 60 percent of vote.

Johnson says it’s rewarding and gratifying to know the people of South Dakota chose him for the job of representing them in Congress.

In The Moment ... October 31, 2018 Show 451 Hour 2

Julia Hellwege, assistant professor of Political Science at the University of South Dakota, says the focus during the final days of the gubernatorial campaign is having a good ground game.

In a conversation with SDPB political reporter Lee Strubinger, Hellwege also discusses the philosophy of political advertising.

In The Moment ... October 25. 2018 Show 448 Hour 2

It's a high-profile race that comes to a head tonight on SDPB-TV, during the second gubernatorial debate between the candidates.

While most of the political stumping has been east river, SDPB's Lee Strubinger has been listening in at some recent campaign stops on the western side of the state.

In The Moment ... October 18. 2018 Show 444 Hour 2

The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources is granting a third temporary water use permit for gold exploration in the Black Hills.

It allows a Canadian company to pull water from Rapid Creek, west of Rapid City until the end of the year.

Even though it's an early stage in the process, the mining exploration in the Black Hills shows potential.

In The Moment ... September 26. 2018 Show 430 Hour 2

There's a growing new market for some of the state's corn crop – and it's right here in South Dakota.  The U.S. Agriculture Department expects a record corn crop this year.

About half goes to make ethanol , and another thirty percent gets exported.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger reported the last 20 percent is going to feed animal in a growing number of concentrated livestock operations.

We look back at our favorite music releases of 2017, with audio clips of the most memorable songs curated by three of SDPB's music producers/hosts.

We welcome Steve Zwemke, host of No Cover, No Minimum Radio, Karl Gehrke, host of Jazz Nightly, and SDPB reporter (and occasional music critic) Lee Strubinger.

Karl Gehrke's 2017 picks:

Pop/Rock:

Charly Bliss– Guppy

Alvvays – Antisocialites

The Replacements – For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986 

Waxahatchie– Out in the Storm 

Jazz:

Tony Allen – The Source 

In The Moment ... December 6, 2017 Show 234 Hour 2 

SDPB's Lee Strubinger covered Governor Dennis Daugaard's FY19 Budget Address in Pierre. He provides a recap on today's show.

South Dakota state government will have to tighten its belt once again as they head into the 2018 legislative session.

On Tuesday, Governor Dennis Daugaard outlined his vision to fund state government through the rest of his time in office. This upcoming session is his last as governor.

South Dakota’s United States Senators say their health care plan is better than the Affordable Care Act. Thursday Senate Republicans released a draft of the highly-anticipated health care overhaul bill.

US Senator Mike Rounds says the Better Care Reconciliation Act is more moderate than the US House health care overhaul bill. He says it's a draft until the congressional budget office scores the bill.

High-profile political speakers grabbed headlines this weekend, and politicos followed potential drama at two competing events.

A Bernie Sanders-style Democrat, Keith Ellison, talked to Democrats. Right-wing author David Horowitz offered the keynote to Republicans.

The Best Western Ramkota Hotel complex in Sioux Falls hosted the annual McGovern Day fundraiser for Democrats and the GOP's Freedom Rally. Both events signal a shift in state politics.

The Yankton Sioux Tribal chairman says understanding the misunderstanding between native and non-native cultures is a first step in closing the gap between the two. Robert Flying Hawk addressed the South Dakota legislature Thursday during the second State of the Tribes address.

Flying Hawk calls for unity between state government and the tribes. He says teaching more Native American history will help bridge the cultural divide.

SDPB political reporter Lee Strubinger visits about changes in the South Dakota Legislature after last week's election as he joins Lori Walsh on Dakota Midday.

SDPB reporters Lee Strubinger and Kealey Bultena provide an in-depth look at payday lending issues Amendment U and Initiated Measure 21 after voters made their choice. They also discuss the rejection of Amendment V and how one lawmaker views the strategy of South Dakota voters. 

Dakota Political Junkies Denise Ross and Seth Tupper also join the program for additional discussion of ballot measures and how South Dakotans decided on them.

Republican U.S. Senator John Thune is keeping his seat in Congress. Thune won a third term in office over Democratic challenger Jay Williams.

Thune says he will do his best to be deserving of the support he received from South Dakota voters. You can hear his full acceptance speech below.

SDPB political reporter Lee Strubinger joins Dakota Midday to discuss Amendment V. Voter approval of Amendment V would change the South Dakota constitution to establish nonpartisan elections. South Dakotans go to the polls on November 8.

Will Mortenson does not work for the Republican Party, as previously noted.