Virtual Healthcare Provides Savings
The Indiana Chamber has long been a strong advocate of using technology, like virtual care, to help offset rising healthcare costs. A new report has shed light on how much those savings are. Solera Health recently announced results from a recent study comparing virtual health care costs to in-person care. The study reveals that transitioning care from physical locations to virtual platforms could lead to a 2.3-3.1% reduction in overall medical claims spending. Based [...]
Indiana Chamber PAC Celebrates Big Wins on Election Night
The Indiana Chamber's PAC, Indiana Business for Responsive Government (IBRG), is celebrating a successful 2024 general election with 61 endorsed candidates heading to the Statehouse in 2025! IBRG also supported retention of three justices in the Indiana Supreme Court (Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justices Mark Massa and Derek Molter), and all three won handily. Endorsed legislators heading to the Statehouse are: OPEN SEATS District # - Candidate Senate 24 - Brett Clark (R) [...]
AI Task Force Reconvenes, Questions Attorneys and Law Enforcement
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force interim committee held its second and final hearing at the Indiana Statehouse last month. The AI Task Force is a product of legislation passed earlier this year, Senate Bill 150, authored by Sen. Liz Brown (R-Fort Wayne). It established the committee to review how state agencies are using AI and evaluate the risks and benefits to Hoosiers – namely to their legal rights – by agencies’ use of [...]
Commission Report: Indiana Must Address Key Challenges to Sustain EV Industry Growth
The Electric Vehicle (EV) Product Commission recently released its 2024 report, outlining Indiana’s significant advancements in the EV sector while stressing that critical steps are needed to maintain momentum. With $12.9 billion in new EV-related investments and over 6,000 jobs created, Indiana is well on its way to becoming a national hub for EV manufacturing. However, the report makes clear that growth will not be sustained without targeted policy changes, expanded workforce development and [...]
Airport Exec, Indiana Chamber Board Member Honored as International Citizen of the Year
Mario Rodriguez The International Center honored Indianapolis Airport Authority Executive Director Mario Rodriguez Thursday as the International Citizen of the Year. Rodriguez is a valued Indiana Chamber board member whose contributions to the state have been enormous. In fact, Rodriguez was named a year ago as our 2023 Dynamic Leader of the Year. Furthermore, in 2021, he was bestowed the highest honor given to an active airport executive with the Airports Council [...]
