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E-News 12-23-21 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Holcomb Urges Hoosiers to Vax Gov. Holcomb is encouraging Hoosiers to get vaccinated amid reports COVID-19’s highly contagious omicron variant has been detected in Indiana. This comes as a surge of the delta variant is rocking hospitals across the state. Unvaccinated Hoosiers are filling ICUs to the point the National Guard has been called in to help at least 20 hospitals. The Hoosier State is heading into the holiday weekend with some of the highest COVID-19 case counts of the entire coronavirus pandemic. Statewide, just 12.2% of intensive care unit hospital...
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E-News 12-17-21 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Holcomb Awards READI Funds to All 17 Regions Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation board of directors approved plans to award $500 million in READI funds to support regional development plans across 17 regions representing all 92 counties. The READI program, which stands for “Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative,” was first announced by Gov. Holcomb in his 2021 State of the State address and then enacted in legislation by the Indiana General Assembly. According to the...
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E-News 12-10-21 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS House Committee to Hear Bill Regarding Employer Vaccine Mandates Late last week, House lawmakers announced a rare committee meeting to convene this month to hear HB 1001. The House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee is scheduled to meet on Dec. 16 to discuss the provisions of the introduced bill. HB 1001 includes language needed to allow federal funding for COVID-19 assistance to continue in the absence of a governor’s public health emergency executive order. The bill also contains controversial language placing new requirements on employers that mandate...
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E-News 12-3-21 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Holcomb Extends Health Emergency, Special Session Canceled On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, Indiana's Republican legislative leaders pulled the plug on a General Assembly session planned for Monday that was billed as an "end to the pandemic," with legislation that would have ended the state public health emergency and limited employer vaccine mandates. Instead, lawmakers will address this topic when they return for session in January. In light of the delayed legislation, Gov. Holcomb announced Wednesday that he will extend the state public health...
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