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Indiana Chamber’s Work and Learn Indiana to Celebrate Excellence at Work-Based Learning Conference

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Learning by doing. Increasingly, employers are adopting that powerful strategy in the battle to secure, retain and develop talent. Work and Learn Indiana’s Work-Based Learning Conference on February 22 will spotlight that theme. The event, hosted at the Embassy Suites in Noblesville, is a convening of best practices and sharing of ideas toward growth and partnership within workforce [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-02-02T10:53:53-05:00February 2nd, 2024|

DWD Success Story: Kirby Risk and Adult Education

DWD Success Story: Kirby Risk and Adult Education

In 2023, Kirby Risk representatives collaborated with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development Business Services team to extend job opportunities to Spanish-speaking Hoosiers. They sought to enhance success on the job by providing English learning. The employer was linked to DWD's adult education team and, subsequently, LARA Lafayette Adult Resource Academy. With DWD funding, 10 workers completed English learning [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-30T09:42:05-05:00January 30th, 2024|

House Transportation Committee Passes Tort Bill in Unique Move

House Transportation Committee Passes Tort Bill in Unique Move

HB 1090 / Chamber Supports The last time seat belt admissibility legislation made it this far was in 2005 when the Indiana General Assembly passed Senate Bill 218, authored by former Sen. Johnny Nugent (R-Lawrenceburg). However, that bill met its demise after Gov. Mitch Daniels’ veto. That measure would have allowed juries to hear whether a victim was wearing [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-30T07:34:23-05:00January 30th, 2024|

Momentum Continues on Chamber-Backed Childcare Reforms

SB 147 and SB 2 / Chamber Supports Advancing the Chamber’s priority on increasing childcare accessibility and affordability this session, we testified in support of Senate Bill 147 in the Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee last week. As proposed, the bill would exempt for-profit childcare providers from property taxes (non-profit, school and church-based childcare providers are already exempt) [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-29T09:42:12-05:00January 29th, 2024|

Indiana Leaders Form Coalition to Build, Grow Youth Apprenticeship

Business, education, government and philanthropic leaders join forces to help solve workforce development crisis INDIANAPOLIS - More than 100 Indiana leaders, including corporate CEOs, university presidents, K-12 superintendents and state government officials, have joined a coalition to develop a statewide modern youth apprenticeship system in Indiana as one potential solution to the state’s mounting workforce crisis. The group recently [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-25T10:36:21-05:00January 25th, 2024|

ArcelorMittal Global R&D Joins NWIIWA as an Elite Partner

CROWN POINT – The ArcelorMittal Global Research and Development Center has recently partnered with the Northwest Indiana Influential Women Association (NWIIWA) as an Elite Partner, expanding the goals of both organizations to support the community and advance the achievements of women across multiple industries. NWIIWA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the leading professional development association for women in Northwest [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-25T10:10:30-05:00January 25th, 2024|

River Ridge Announces Key Organizational Leadership Positions

Board elects new leadership and talented professionals assume key positions JEFFERSONVILLE – The River Ridge Development Authority (RRDA) is positioned to have yet another successful year in 2024 with its team of talented professionals. At the January board meeting, Dr. Treva Hodges, Mayor of Charlestown, was unanimously voted in as the new President of the Board of Directors. That [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-03-18T16:46:30-04:00January 22nd, 2024|

New Indiana Historical Society Exhibit Explores History of Circus in Indiana

Circus City exhibit opens January 20 at Indiana History Center INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)’s newest exhibit, Circus City, opens January 20 at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. The exhibit explores the circus primarily as a story of people and labor in the 20th century, [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-19T16:41:07-05:00January 19th, 2024|

FORUM Credit Union Opens New Greenfield Branch Location

INDIANAPOLIS - This branch features a full-service lobby equipped with innovative teller pod stations and private offices. The branch also features a drive-up lane with a teller window and ATM access that allows members to access their accounts. Shelby Rosebrock is Greenfield’s new Branch Manager and has been a FORUM teammate since 2014. She has held various positions at [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-18T16:16:57-05:00January 18th, 2024|

Indiana Ranks in Top 20 States Gaining More New Residents Than They Are Losing

Indiana Ranks in Top 20 States Gaining More New Residents Than They Are Losing

The following is a guest post from StorageCafe: StorageCafe conducted an analysis ranking all 50 states and Washington, D.C., by net migration to see which places are favored by the latest migration trends and to identify the main factors behind these patterns. According to our research, Indiana attracted around 10,600 more residents than it lost in 2022. This places it [...]

Matt Ottinger2024-01-18T08:49:32-05:00January 18th, 2024|

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