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2016 Session Wrap: Lots Of Bills Passed, But What Was Accomplished?

WBAA | By Brandon Smith

Published March 11, 2016 at 9:26 AM EST

The 2016 Indiana legislative session may be remembered as much for what lawmakers didn’t pass as much as for what they did.

While leadership dubbed this the “roads” session, it did not produce a long term road funding solution.

The general assembly also failed to produce a definitive position on LGBT civil rights.

Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith wraps up the 119^th General Assembly with a review of a few passes and big issues that found an answer.

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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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