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 Rapid City brewery is purchasing a popular brewery building in the Black Hills that closed in December. As SDPB’s Lee Strubinger reports… it’s the brewery’s first expansion. -
Crews with the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead say they’ll undergo the careful process of lowering about 380 steel beams a mile underground soon. Each beam weighs about 12,800 pounds. -
South Dakota US Senator Mike Rounds is asking the Department of Interior to open a tribal law enforcement training center in the Great Plains. Currently, prospective officers are sent to the Indian Police Academy in New Mexico for training. -
There’s a chance the new men’s prison could get located somewhere other than the greater Sioux Falls area. Widespread public opposition to a proposed 1,500-bed, $825 million, men’s prison in a field in Lincoln County has a governor appointed task force looking at other options. -
The head of the South Dakota Investment Council says state assets are “very cautiously positioned” in the market right now. That update came during the latest executive board meeting of the state Legislature. -
Membership of a legislative task force to take a comprehensive look at property taxes in the state is now set. The executive board approved the 18-members of the task force Wednesday. -
The South Dakota Supreme Court has done a 180 on the constitutional provision that prohibits elected officials from authorizing contracts with the state. That’s according to Neil Fulton, dean of the USD Knudson School of Law, in a recent law review article "Assessing the Past and Future of Article III, Section 12 of the South Dakota Constitution." -
There’s a fire that reoccurs in downtown Rapid City about every two years. But, Monday’s fire is a part of efforts at maintaining native foliage in a half-acre park. -
The 2022 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate is officially declaring he’s seeking the seat, again. -
Due to water levels in Pactola Reservoir, the City of Rapid City is implementing water restrictions a month early — starting May 1. It’s the first time in over 15 years the city has extended water conservation efforts.
