(INDIANAPOLIS) —Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Vanessa Green Sinders comments on Gov. Mike Braun’s first State of the State address: “It’s so advantageous for Indiana to have a successful business leader as the state’s chief executive, looking for efficiencies, being bold and seizing opportunities. That mindset by Gov. Braun and his administration will better position the state [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce today unveiled its Top 10 legislative priorities for the 2025 legislative session. Included on the list are ensuring any property tax reforms don’t shift the burden to businesses and addressing barriers to labor force participation while investing in upskilling the workforce. These policy goals align with the organization’s latest visioning plan for [...]
The Legislative Council, a panel of high-ranking legislators charged with managing the business of the legislative branch, met recently, and assigned topics of study to various interim committees. Interim committees will work over the coming months to review the topics and make recommendations for policy changes or legislative actions in 2025. Additional topics were assigned to the Funding Indiana’s [...]
The Funding Indiana's Roads for a Stronger, Safer Tomorrow (FIRSST) Task Force convened last week, kicking off an effort to review and update a road funding plan that was enacted by the Legislature more than five years ago. The panel, which is made up of legislators and lay members representing various industry stakeholders, heard from the Indiana Department of [...]
The White House recently unveiled President Joe Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024 and it includes several proposals aimed at investing in infrastructure, economic development, workforce needs and education, as well as lowering health care costs. The budget plan also includes proposals for tax increases on businesses and individuals, which are particularly concerning to the Indiana Chamber. The budget [...]
The Biden Administration has announced funding for 90 projects across the state totaling $3.3 billion tied to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The greatest percentage of these investments — $2.7 billion or 82% — are targeted towards road and bridge improvements. Additionally, funding and other support has been announced to boost internet connectivity, improve water infrastructure, build [...]
Indiana is set to receive, at minimum, nearly $8 billion of the $550 billion passed by Congress in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and JOBS Act (IIJA) earmarked for “new investments” in the country’s infrastructure. That presents a critical question: is the state prepared to receive and deploy these funds within the requisite five-year period? The Chamber’s Infrastructure Policy Committee [...]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock – or perhaps a load-bearing bridge beam – and have no internet connection, you have heard that H.R.3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed out of the House on November 5 and was signed into law by President Biden. The Indiana Chamber supported the passage of this bill. It’s an impressive measure, serving [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Late last night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and delayed consideration of the multi-trillion-dollar reconciliation bill. The Indiana Chamber of Commerce applauds the bipartisan action to pass the long-sought infrastructure reform and continues to oppose the partisan reconciliation measure. Indiana Chamber President and CEO Kevin Brinegar on the [...]
- With President Trump signing the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act into law last week, it triggered the easing of conditions for small businesses. Said U.S. Senator Mike Braun, “This (new) legislation will help restaurants and other businesses by extending the PPP loan use from two months to six, allowing companies to defer their payroll taxes, and lowering [...]
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