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 House lawmakers are rejecting an effort to prohibit public schools from having lobbyists represent them in the state Capitol. -
Gov. Larry Rhoden and a working group of lawmakers are unveiling their property tax relief proposal. It's Senate Bill 216. -
State legislative budget analysts are adopting revenue targets that Gov. Larry Rhoden describes as a rounding error to December’s proposed budget.
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The proposed Lincoln County Corrections center will cost the state no more than $825 million. But that cost doesn’t include construction of the road to get to the prison—the location which is in the middle of a cornfield 20 miles from the existing prison. -
A Black Hills mining company says it’s found a “robust” potential deposit of minerals in the northern Black Hills. -
A House Education is narrowly passing a bill requiring public and private school staff disclose to parents if their child expresses quote “gender confusion” or “dysphoria.” -
South Dakota House lawmakers are rejecting a proposal to require schools display the Ten Commandments in schools. It was the last step before the Senate bill would reach the governor’s desk. -
House lawmakers are killing a bill that would affect certain transactions allowed under the Uniform Commercial Code. -
The head for Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting is painting a grim picture for the network if a proposed cut goes through. -
The South Dakota senate is narrowly passing a bill to reduce the state’s felony ingestion law. South Dakota is the only state in the country with a felony charge for ingestion of a controlled substance.
