Brandon Smith
IPBS Statehouse ReporterBrandon 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 House Democrats and Republicans unveiled their top priorities for 2024 as the work of the legislative session got underway Monday.
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Gov. Eric Holcomb’s agenda for his final year in office is centered on educating and training Hoosiers — from early childhood to beyond high school.
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita attacked the state attorney disciplinary commission this week, accusing it of “aiding and abetting his political detractors.”
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Indiana’s 2024 legislative session begins Monday, kicking off 10 weeks of work that will end no later than mid-March.
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Three more state lawmakers have announced they won’t run for reelection this year ahead of the start of the 2024 legislative session.
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Why are incumbents — current political officeholders running for reelection — so powerful? It’s a question our audience has been asking.
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Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush said the “historic” new Supreme Court conference table is “Indiana at its finest.”
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Indiana this year allowed judges across the state to open up their courtrooms to news cameras. And Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush is pleased with how the transition has gone.
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Indiana’s unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point last month, to 3.7 percent — the highest the rate has been in more than two years.
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Members of the military won’t have to pay income tax in Indiana, starting next year, while the rate goes down for all other Hoosiers.