Lee Strubinger
Lee 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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A South Dakota reservation is the third stop on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's listening tour to acknowledge suffering caused by government-backed boarding schools for Native Americans.
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The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota has banned outside missionaries in response to one evangelist's pamphlet denigrating traditional faith practices.
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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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State Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached and removed from office by South Dakota lawmakers for crimes and wrongdoings before and after fatally hitting Joe Boever on a highway shoulder. -
In South Dakota, Trump-endorsed Gov. Kristi Noem wins the primary for governor, as does Republican Sen. John Thune, an adversary of the former president.
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South Dakota is sheltering billions of dollars in wealth, some linked to individuals and companies accused of financial crimes according to documents uncovered in the Pandora papers probe.
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After South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's daughter was denied a real estate appraiser's license in the state, an official overseeing that program says she was forced into early retirement.
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Despite a vote taken nine months ago to legalize marijuana, the drug still can't be purchased legally in South Dakota, with Gov. Kristi Noem being a staunch critic of legalization.
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With a bill stuck in legislative limbo, Gov. Kristi Noem issued two orders Monday preventing trans women and girls from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity.
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