The Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s 34th Annual Awards Dinner on November 14 will feature a familiar face for Hoosier sports fans. Tony Dungy will headline an event that will also honor some of the state’s top business leaders and a thriving community. Dungy is a former head football coach, 2007 Super Bowl champion with the Indianapolis Colts and a football television [...]
In 2023, the Indiana Chamber loudly championed pro-economy, pro-jobs legislation and staunchly opposed efforts to harm free enterprise. Translating that advocacy to dollars reveals it was the highest ever return for businesses on their Indiana Chamber membership investment. Hoosier businesses received savings of $4.1 billion, which equals $1,451 for every Indiana employee! That was achieved by the Indiana Chamber [...]
The Indiana Best Places to Work in Manufacturing® program returns for a second year to celebrate the state’s extensive manufacturing industry. The survey and awards program honors Hoosier manufacturing employers that are making their workplaces great. “With so many manufacturers providing Hoosiers with jobs and careers, it’s a pleasure to once again celebrate these top workplaces,” says Indiana Chamber [...]
With tax laws constantly emerging and evolving, and industry speculation whirling all around, the 2023 Indiana Business Tax Conference couldn’t be coming at a better time. The Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s two-day event will be held June 15-16 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis. The program will cover a national and regional overview of the economy and markets, contemporary challenges facing [...]
Purdue University has become a patent creating machine. While the recent news is that Purdue in 2022 generated more patents – 192 – than all but four academic institutions globally, this story has been decades in the making. The information was published in a report from the National Academy of Inventors. Before we get into how Purdue laid the [...]
Lawmakers at the 2023 General Assembly tackled an array of bills with potentially big impacts on technology and the tech sector. Now that the session has concluded, let’s take a look back at the fate of some of those key bills. Senate Bill 5, which addressed consumer data protection, enjoyed wide bipartisan support. It passed out of the House [...]
The 2023 Indiana General Assembly session saw big policy wins for the business community across the board. Below are the Top 20 victories, alphabetized by policy area, that the Indiana Chamber championed and played a vital role in getting across the finish line: Economic Development/Technology HB 1001 – State Budget (Economic Development Matters): Includes $500 million to fund a [...]
Indiana took a big step this month as a leader in data privacy when it became the sixth state in the country to pass consumer data privacy legislation. Modeled after Virginia’s law, Senate Bill 5 – authored by Sen. Liz Brown (R-Fort Wayne) – strikes a balance between companies’ ability to use and monetize data and Hoosiers’ ability to [...]
By Kevin Brinegar, Indiana Chamber president and CEO The Indiana Department of Revenue (IDOR) has unveiled a web page with a new pass-through entity tax (PTET) form, instructions and an FAQ. As Hoosier businesses prepare to file their 2022 return, they can consult the site to ensure that tax savings aren’t left on the table. As you may recall, [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s 59th Annual Indiana HR Conference and Expo in May offers a wide variety of in-depth workshops and sessions on critical HR challenges in 2023. Top industry services and products also will be showcased at the full market expo. “Human resources issues are paramount to every business, and that has been magnified since the onset of [...]
