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Winslow Hypnosis: How to Retrain Your Brain (Carmel)

Negative thinking patterns can create unnecessary stress and anxiety, paving the way for unhappiness to invade all areas of a person’s work and home life. In order to help people learn how to develop positive thinking patterns, Winslow Hypnosis is offering free on-site “Brain Retraining” lectures to area businesses, schools and organizations. The sixty-minute session is taught by Board [...]

2018-07-06T15:59:35-04:00June 29th, 2018|

Apprenticeships Taking Center Stage

In 2017, there were more than 533,000 apprentices participating in nearly 22,500 apprenticeship programs. Apprenticeships and Community Colleges: Do They Have a Future Together is a recent report from the American Enterprise Institute. Below is a summary: Most of today’s college students view having suc­cess in the workplace, earning a decent salary, and having a fulfilling career as key reasons [...]

2018-06-29T16:12:51-04:00June 29th, 2018|

BizVoiceExtra: A Day to Remember

From the moment I heard about Phyllis Gratz Poff’s career, I was intrigued. When I met her in person, I was awestruck.BizVoice® magazine profiles Poff (at age 87, she’s Indiana’s longest-practicing female attorney) in our current issue, which features a special law firm section. I traveled to her downtown office in Auburn, which she’s occupied for 45-plus years.During an impromptu lunch, [...]

2018-07-12T10:34:22-04:00June 28th, 2018|

OCRA Hosting Downtown Development Week in October

Rural communities will be on display in October during a weeklong inaugural celebration by the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) called Downtown Development Week. The celebration of cities and towns across Indiana will be October 8-12. During the week, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch will visit communities, determined in part by a photo contest going on now until [...]

2018-07-12T10:37:39-04:00June 27th, 2018|

Indiana Workforce Recovery Making Progress

The opioid epidemic impacting many parts of Indiana and our country did not happen overnight. The solutions won’t be immediate, either, but the Indiana Workforce Recovery effort of the Indiana Chamber and the Wellness Council of Indiana is moving forward. -Allyson Blandford The initiative, announced earlier this year in partnership with the state, is in place to help address the [...]

2018-07-12T13:59:30-04:00June 26th, 2018|

Gain Power Through Knowledge at the Indiana Energy Management Conference

Concerned about rising energy demands and costs? Join experts and colleagues at the Indiana Conference on Energy Management for the latest updates, forecasts and trends regarding energy issues. Learn how to cut costs while remaining compliant and see what’s coming down the pipeline during the day-and-a-half conference (July 31-August 1) at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. Choose from among 12 [...]

2018-07-12T14:02:34-04:00June 25th, 2018|

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Online Sales Tax Collection; Indiana Poised to See Millions in New Revenue

The U.S. Supreme Court decision issued yesterday in South Dakota v. Wayfair has been awaited by many brick-and-mortar retailers and state budget-makers for over 25 years. In a nutshell, the Supreme Court’s decision (5-4) will permit states to move forward with sales tax collection from online retailers. The Court overturned the Quill v. North Dakota decision (and Bellas Hess on which Quill was based) dealing with sales tax on [...]

2018-07-12T14:05:47-04:00June 22nd, 2018|

Indiana Chamber Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Online Sales Tax Collection

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber offers comments on today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow states to collect online sales taxes:From Bill Waltz, vice president of taxation and public finance:“The Indiana Chamber is very pleased to see today’s Supreme Court decision to permit states to move forward with sales tax collection from online retailers.“It will further level the playing [...]

2018-06-21T11:30:32-04:00June 21st, 2018|

Scoring the Votes, Tallying Your Benefits

It seems so long ago that an up-and-down software-as-a-service legislative journey ended successfully with passage of now Senate Enrolled Act 257. The bottom line: Indiana put a definitive stake in the ground, becoming just the fourth state to clearly establish that it will not tax such SaaS transactions. (Summary on Page 2 here). But with the 2018 Indiana General Assembly not [...]

2018-06-29T14:30:01-04:00June 20th, 2018|