Brandon Smith
Brandon Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.
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Indiana is set to receive more than $500 million over the next two decades from a settlement with opioid manufacturers.
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Indiana Democratic and Libertarian candidates are working together to hold a series of town halls across the state. The events, organized by the state Democratic Party, invite Hoosiers to ask questions of the candidates ahead of this fall’s elections.
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Indiana is being sued over allegations it’s letting people who need mental health treatment sit in jail rather than get court-ordered services.
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Indiana is worse than the national average in many key indicators of child welfare. That’s according to a recent report from Zero To Three, a young child advocacy organization.
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Indiana’s May primary didn’t see a wave of ultra-conservative challengers ousting incumbent state lawmakers, despite a more concerted push on that front this year.
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Gov. Eric Holcomb isn’t saying much about what steps Indiana might take to ban abortion if the Supreme Court clears a path for that in the coming weeks.
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Only a small handful of Indiana Statehouse incumbents lost their reelection bids in Tuesday’s primary.
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Indiana legislative leaders aren’t saying just how far they’ll go in banning abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its longstanding abortion rights precedents this year.
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There are 26 Indiana House or Senate races that include at least one incumbent this year. That’s the most since 2008, when there were 28.
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is taking a major Black Lives Matter organization to court.