New city policy provides avenue for neighbors’ ideas on road safety
Residents are taking a do-it-yourself approach to tweaking specific stretches of road by their schools, businesses and neighborhoods to better protect children and neighbors.
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Holcomb visits White House to urge Congress to pass innovation bill
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb joined President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to urge Congress to pass funding provisions to legislation designed to boost economic competition and semiconductor chip production in the United States.
Biden’s inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas
Critics see this new Biden effort as largely an attempt at political damage control, rather than a data-driven approach to reducing inflation.
State legislators approve repealing gun permit requirement
The bill’s provisions would allow anyone age 18 or older to carry a handgun in public except for reasons such as having a felony conviction, facing a restraining order from a court or having a dangerous mental illness.
Indiana lawmakers give final OK to economic development updates
The measure heads to Gov. Eric Holcomb, who made modernizing the state’s economic development toolkit a top legislative priority and is expected to sign the bill into law in an effort to help the state be more nimble when recruiting new business.
Indiana lawmakers near deal on multiyear income tax cut
The tax cut package was a major remaining issue as the Republican-dominated Legislature looked to possibly finish this year’s session on Tuesday.
Tax on closed-system vaping products might be reduced
The Indiana House and Senate have both approved a measure that would reduce the tax on disposable e-cigarettes from 25% of the wholesale price to 15%.
Indiana lawmakers send campus free speech bill to governor
The proposal, authored by Republican Rep. Jack Jordan of Bremen, aims to codify the First Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court precedents into Indiana law, which Jordan said should guide college campus policies and ensure that free speech applies equally for all students.
Indiana House gives local officials more control in economic development bill
House Ways and Means Chairman Tim Brown, R-Crawfordsville, said the reworked Senate Bill 361 now does a lot more to ensure the involvement of local stakeholders in decisions made by the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines
The new policy comes as the Biden administration moves to shift its focus to preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19, rather than all instances of infection, as part of a strategy adjustment for a new “phase” in the response as the virus becomes endemic.
Advocates for female entrepreneurs want Elevate Ventures’ next CEO to be a woman
Members and supporters of The Startup Ladies, an Indianapolis company that supports female entrepreneurship, sent an open letter to Elevate Ventures detailing their concerns that Elevate marginalizes female founders.
City, partners push forward with renter support despite setbacks
City officials say they’re focused on a “test case” nuisance lawsuit and funding a range of programs to tackle persistent challenges with habitability, affordability and legal aid for tenants.
Lawmakers lay groundwork for electric-vehicle infrastructure
House Bill 1221 outlines parameters for utility regulators to use when considering utilities’ proposals for constructing charging stations and setting consumer rates for their use.
Crackdown on incentives proposed after Indiana virtual school controversy
Indiana lawmakers want to tighten restrictions on schools offering incentives to attract students, after an unusual virtual program advertised a $1,700 stipend for school supplies, music lessons and Netflix subscriptions.
Nuclear power could get a second chance in Indiana
Some once-leery states, including Indiana, are taking a new look at nuclear power as a way to preserve jobs and help decarbonize the electric grid.
Educated workforce, clean energy, hefty incentives keys to megadeals
Despite Indiana’s economic development successes, industry experts say the state must do more to attract multibillion-dollar megadeals like ones other states have recently landed.
‘Innovation districts’ could attract high-tech projects
Senate Bill 361 would make it possible for the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to create districts across the state to capture sites for large-scale economic development projects.
House, Senate remain at odds over tax, vaccine legislation at session’s halfway point
Lawmakers are also debating bills about teaching race and gender issues in schools, energy issues and economic development incentives.
Lawmakers consider offering remote workers $15K to move here
One piece of an extensive piece of legislation to restructure the incentive toolkit of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. would create a statewide remote-worker grant program.
State commerce chief wants to draw more high-paying jobs
IBJ asked Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers to explain how the Indiana Economic Development Corp. will implement his themes of Environment, Economy of the Future, Entrepreneurship, Energy and External Engagement.