https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tbSAJK4bTk Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar says the 2022 Indiana General Assembly concluded in a good place overall for the rights of businesses, for the state’s economy and for talent attraction and growth. In this wrap-up of the 2022 legislative session, Brinegar discusses in detail the key policies that passed – or didn’t in one [...]
On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony on the Department of Revenue (DOR) bill, SB 382 (Various Tax Matters), authored by Sen. Travis Holdman (R-Markle). This is the measure that was amended to include an ill-advised reduction to the tax on vaping products (a tax just established last year that hasn’t even gone into effect yet). [...]
House Bill 1002 is the House Republican comprehensive tax proposal. The Chamber gave its enthusiastic support for this bill last week, citing the many important gains to be realized by removing what are among the few remaining blackmarks on our tax code. Here's why: It includes the Chamber priority of phasing out the 30% minimum valuation depreciation floor on [...]
The controversial bill, HB 1001, restricts businesses’ ability to require the COVID-19 vaccine for employees, if they choose to do so. It also provides for emergency services related to the pandemic. Here's where the Indiana Chamber stands at the moment: Chamber position: Oppose (we support the emergency services portions of the bill, but the rest is detrimental to an employer’s [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Learn what Indiana legislators and the business community view as top priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session at the 2022 Indiana Legislative Preview on November 15. This annual event is hosted by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Held for the first time at the Conrad Indianapolis, attendees will hear from state legislative leaders during the hour-long panel [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iU7y9tQJ1c Since the Indiana Vision 2025: 2021 Report Card was released late last month, Indiana Chamber president and CEO Kevin Brinegar and I have been presenting its results virtually to regions around Indiana. For this week’s Tech Talk, I highlight a few of the relevant metrics and add some additional information that you might not find in the Report [...]
When the final budget proposal was unveiled, it contained an allocation for $500 million for the unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund. Beefing up the fund brings it closer to a pre-pandemic level. Had the layoffs from COVID-19 not occurred, the trust fund would have had a balance in 2020 of approximately $1 billion. Under normal circumstances, an employer’s experience [...]
Last week officially marked the end to the first half of the 2021 legislative session with the deadline for bills having to clear their original house of origin. It’s a good time review where our top policy priorities stand for the Hoosier business community. Broadband expansion into rural Indiana Five pieces of much-needed broadband legislation moved on this week: [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is offering Hoosiers a connection to lawmakers during the upcoming General Assembly session. The 2021 Legislative Directory provides contact information, committee assignments, bios and more for all 150 state legislators – including those newly sworn in. The publication is available as an app for Android and Apple users, plus in the traditional [...]
The Indiana Chamber is asking the state General Assembly to take steps in 2021 to reinforce Indiana’s status as an economic leader in order to help businesses and their workers emerge from the prolonged pandemic. We unveiled the specific policy actions that will have the most impact on Indiana’s economic recovery at our 2021 Indiana Legislative Preview on Monday: Enhanced legal [...]
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