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Jon SchwantesThis award-winning WFYI Public Television production provides Hoosiers with comprehensive coverage of the Indiana legislative sessions. Since its inception in 1981, Indiana Lawmakers has evolved from a series of short field reports to a weekly in-depth examination of the issues and agendas before the state legislature. Host, Jon Schwantes, of Dispatch Broadcasting, heads the production team. Each week he takes you behind the closed doors of the Statehouse and face-to-face with the women and men of state government who make things happen. Indiana Lawmakers is a co-operative production of WFYI TV 20 and the other member stations of IPBS (Indiana's Public Broadcasting Stations).

 
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The 2008 Session of the Indiana General Assembly could bring changes in Hoosier government unlike anything seen in the past century. The property tax crisis has created a movement for government reform, but what direction will it take? 2008 also marks the 26th year of Indiana Lawmakers on WFYI, the longest-running broadcast of Indiana political issues in the state. Indiana Lawmakers with Jon Schwantes will track the path of these changes with the men and women casting the votes - your legislators and political leaders.

Every week you'll hear from the elected officials making the decisions that will affect you and your family. Join host Jon Schwantes and Indiana Public Broadcasting reporter Mary Hartnett as they follow the issues and ask the hard questions you want answered. Expert analyst Ed Feigenbaum will offer a candid assessment of the political action when rhetoric is set aside. Property taxes, schools, healthcare - count on Indiana Lawmakers and WFYI to challenge your legislators on the issues that matter to you.

Jon SchwantesJon Schwantes, a panelist on Indiana Public Television’s weekly, political round-table series Indiana Week in Review, will serve as studio host and moderator for Indiana Lawmakers. During each weekly installment of Indiana Lawmakers, Schwantes will expand on timely topics by moderating in-studio roundtable discussions while publisher Ed Feigenbaum will offer viewers an insider’s commentary. WFYI Public Radio’s Mary Hartnett will file weekly reports from the Statehouse.
Mary HartnettAn Iowa native, Hartnett has more than 20 years of broadcast journalism experience, including 15 years in public radio news and public affairs programming. Through the years, Hartnett has served as a newscaster and public affairs producer for NPR affiliates in Toledo, Iowa City, and most recently, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism and mass communications from Iowa State University.

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