Lee Strubinger
Reporter/ProducerLee Strubinger is SDPB’s Rapid City-based news and political reporter. A former reporter for Fort Lupton Press (CO) and Colorado Public Radio, Lee holds a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.
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Both of South Dakota’s U.S. senators voted against a Democratic legislative package to address climate change, health care costs and corporate taxes. The legislation is known as the Inflation Reduction Act. -
South Dakota’s two U.S. senators switched their vote on a bill that expands Veterans Affairs benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits. The two Republicans had previously voted against the measure. But on Tuesday evening they voted in favor of it.
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The Oglala Sioux Tribe has banned an evangelist from entering the Pine Ridge Reservation and is requiring all visiting churches and mission groups to register.
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The North American Grasslands Conservation Act would authorize about $300 million in federal spending annually for several years to incentivize states, landowners and tribes to restore and conserve grasslands.
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An Indigenous-run radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation is kicking off a capital campaign for a new facility. KILI Radio has been on the air for nearly four decades.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is not ruling out a run for president. The Republican governor is up for re-election in South Dakota this year.
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South Dakota’s U.S. senators continue to vote against a bill designed to expand certain Veterans Affairs benefits. Those benefits would aid veterans exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The 8th circuit court of appeals is dismissing an appeal by Governor Kristi Noem for fireworks permit at Mount Rushmore.
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Tim Giago, who started some of the first Native American newspapers, including The Lakota Times, died Sunday at 88. He spent decades building a media landscape by and for Native people.
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A legislative group is looking closely at whether to build a new male prison in Sioux Falls and female prison in Rapid City. The group is studying the infrastructure of the corrections department statewide and the services provided at those facilities.
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