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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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Leonard Peltier's attorney says the activist was wrongly convicted of killing two FBI agents during a standoff in 1975 on a South Dakota reservation.
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South Dakota voters are heading to the polls for its primary election. With presidential races locked up, nearly half of registered voters have little to weigh in on. One group aims to change that.
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The South Dakota governor made some progress on an initiative to get the state's tribes to let their flags fly in the capitol — only to have a setback over her comments about crime on tribal lands.
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Republicans in about a dozen states are pushing legislation to limit transgender people's rights. In South Dakota, a bill would forbid people from changing the sex on their birth certificates.
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President Trump is planning to celebrate Independence Day at Mount Rushmore Friday evening. But hours before the event, protesters have blocked one of the major highways into the site.
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City leaders in South Dakota are asking Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, to reconsider her stance not to issue a statewide stay-at-home order. She says she wants to take each situation as it comes.
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State lawmakers in South Dakota are moving on a bill that criminalizes gender confirmation surgery and puberty blockers for minors under 16. Other similar bills are popping up around the country.