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 Sen. John Thune says Senate Republicans have an aggressive schedule to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and to enact their agenda. -
Gov. Kristi Noem wants to cut the state library budget by 64 percent. Some worry the move would hurt public libraries across the state. -
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds says embattled Defense Department nominee Pete Hegseth has moved closer to having his full support for the position. -
Governor Kristi Noem wants to make a temporary overall sales tax cut permanent. Lawmakers passed the cut to fight inflation at the time. Backers said organic growth would cover the cost of the cut. But there are competing ideas to reduce the tax burden in the state. -
Some state lawmakers are proposing legislation to bring property tax relief next legislative session. That comes as Gov. Kristi Noem is calling on the Republican controlled legislature to make a temporary sales tax cut permanent. -
Gov. Kristi Noem is proposing a significant cut to South Dakota Public Broadcasting. -
Gov. Kristi Noem wants to make temporary tax cuts permanent while fully funding a proposed men’s prison facility outside of Sioux Falls. -
The speech is an unofficial kickoff to the upcoming legislative session, which starts next month. -
Governor Kristi Noem will address several competing factors in her annual state budget address. The address could be her last. Noem must outline how she will fund state government while balancing one high priced ticket item when revenues are coming in lower than projected. There's also growing pressure for property tax relief. -
As Republicans look to have full control of Congress and the White House next year, South Dakota US Senator John Thune said they will move forward on a Republican agenda. However, Thune said the Senate has a different role than President Donald Trump's White House.
