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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State officials want Indiana’s new tourism campaign – “IN Indiana” – to be a “really big megaphone” that helps people promote the Hoosier State. -
Gov. Eric Holcomb is expected to name a new Indiana Supreme Court justice this week to replace retiring Justice Steven David. -
Gov. Eric Holcomb has won his lawsuit against the Indiana General Assembly over an emergency powers law. That win comes from a unanimous ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court. -
Lawmakers will gather at the Statehouse Tuesday for what’s called a “technical session.” There, they will vote to override a veto and pass a technical corrections bill. -
There’s two more months of revenue to be tallied. And the Hoosier Lottery is currently expected to send $340 million to the state this year. -
Indiana will likely need tens to hundreds of millions of dollars more in public health funding just to match the national average. -
Hundreds of Hoosiers have collected thousands of dollars in lottery winnings from a faulty game introduced – and then shut down immediately – in March. -
Hoosiers are currently paying almost 75 cents per gallon in state and federal taxes when they get gas. Statehouse Democrats are making a renewed push for Indiana to suspend its gas taxes while prices are the highest they’ve ever been. -
Indiana law enforcement agencies across the state will conduct increased seat belt enforcement patrols over the next three weeks. -
Indiana collected nearly $1 billion more in taxes last month than the state budget projected.
