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Chamber Comments on the Passing of Longtime Indiana State Senator Larry Borst

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar comments on the death of longtime Indiana state senator Larry Borst. Brinegar worked for nine years as fiscal analyst for the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Borst. “Larry Borst was a truly dedicated public servant. He was instrumental in critical pieces of legislation at the local level (UniGov [...]

2017-09-07T18:24:49-04:00December 20th, 2016|

Chamber Comments on Recommendations From the Transportation Funding Task Force

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar comments on the release of recommendations from the FIRSST (Funding Indiana’s Roads for a Stronger Safer Tomorrow) task force: “The task force has provided additional emphasis on three key priorities: today’s revenue sources are not adequate; long-term funding is required to meet both current maintenance and future new [...]

2017-09-07T18:27:11-04:00December 19th, 2016|

Pre-Order Indiana Chamber’s 2017 Legislative Directory App or Handbook

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber’s 2017 Legislative Directory allows Hoosiers interested in legislative affairs to stay connected with their state legislators during the upcoming General Assembly session. The publication is available as an app, for Android and iPhone users, and the traditional booklet format. The Legislative Directory includes bios, contact information, committee assignments and social media profiles for House [...]

2017-09-07T18:29:08-04:00December 15th, 2016|

Chamber, Ball State Announce Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Index for Hoosier Communities

(INDIANAPOLIS) — An old proverb, first printed in 1639, says: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” In today’s state and national economies, the assertion is that the healthier the residents are, the wealthier and wiser they and the broader community will also be. The Ball State University Center for Business and [...]

2017-09-07T18:32:05-04:00December 8th, 2016|

29 Business Leaders Named to Indiana Chamber Board of Directors

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Twenty-nine Hoosier business leaders have been named to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, effective immediately. Joining the more than 100 Indiana Chamber board members who are presidents, CEOs and high-level executives from organizations throughout the state, are: Scott Bruns, office managing partner, Ernst & Young LLP (Indianapolis); Phil Burkholder, president, Defense Aerospace North America, [...]

2017-09-07T18:37:09-04:00December 1st, 2016|

Indiana Chamber Unveils Top Legislative Priorities for 2017

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Long-term transportation infrastructure funding, expansion of state-funded preschool to children from low-income families and strategies to reduce the state’s smoking rate are among the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s top priorities for the 2017 General Assembly session. These objectives were announced at the organization’s annual legislative preview in Indianapolis today. The event sponsor was Ice Miller LLP. “Based [...]

2017-09-07T18:47:41-04:00November 21st, 2016|

Ron Christian of Evansville Named Indiana Chamber Chairman

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce formally introduced its new chairman at an awards dinner tonight. Ron Christian, an executive at Evansville-based Vectren Corporation, has been tapped to lead the organization’s board of directors for 2017. Christian, executive vice president external affairs, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Vectren, has served on the Indiana Chamber’s board and [...]

2017-09-07T19:18:37-04:00November 15th, 2016|

Indiana Chamber Honors Three Volunteers of the Year

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce honored its volunteers of the year during a luncheon ceremony today at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis. The 2016 Samuel C. Schlosser Volunteers of the Year are: Mark Richards (Ice Miller, Indianapolis); Stuart Buttrick (Faegre Baker Daniels, Indianapolis); and Todd Miller (Myers Spring Company, Logansport). “We are honoring three people [...]

2017-09-07T19:22:14-04:00November 15th, 2016|

Indiana Chamber Awards Top Honors for 2016

(INDIANAPOLIS) — An agriculture titan, a small-business-owning state representative, the two minds behind a groundbreaking children’s tech toy and a bustling entrepreneurial city were awarded the highest honors tonight at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s 27th Annual Awards Dinner. The winners are: Business Leader of the Year: Sonny Beck, of Beck’s Hybrids in Atlanta Government Leader of the Year: [...]

2017-09-07T19:14:15-04:00November 15th, 2016|

Indiana Chamber President Looks Beyond the Election Results

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar comments on the election aftermath: “We probably have just witnessed the most bizarre and bruising election of our lifetimes. It’s critical to move on quickly from any bitterness of the campaigns or results and come together as a state and nation. “We need lawmakers to concentrate on the [...]

2017-09-07T19:24:34-04:00November 8th, 2016|