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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An expansion to the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, rejected changes to the ban on gender-affirming care for minors and legislation inviting a lawsuit.
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Throwing stars would be legal for Hoosiers to own and carry under legislation headed to the House floor.
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A bill that makes it a crime in many cases to electronically track someone goes a little less far after changes by a House committee Wednesday.
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Law enforcement officers get a 25-foot bubble around them that the public can’t cross when told to stop under a bill that’s a step away from the governor’s desk.
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It’s likely Indiana will be sued if a bill banning gender-affirming surgery for people in prison becomes law.
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A Senate committee rejected an effort Monday to allow anyone to vote absentee by mail in Indiana.
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No answers from the National Guard about a lack of courts-martial. Highway work zone speed cameras near the finish line. And closing a loophole in the state’s child seduction law. Here’s what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.
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A bill aimed at closing a loophole in Indiana’s child seduction law was significantly expanded by a Senate committee this week.
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A bill to create a highway work zone speed camera pilot program is just a couple steps away from the governor’s desk.
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A Senate committee advances a bill that would criminalize some bystanders in police situations. Legislation to automatically enroll students in a key state scholarship program continues to progress. And a bill headed for the full Senate expands the list of childbirth expenses a court can order fathers to help pay.