Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.
The 2017-2018 California Legislature will be sworn in today in Sacramento. Then, after the swearing-in ceremony, legislators will depart the Capitol until…
The return of California lawmakers to the state Capitol after an election is typically a ceremonial and celebratory affair. Not this year. In their first…
A newly-elected Inland Empire state legislator used her first day in office to address the bureaucratic delays preventing survivors of the December 2 San…