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>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "INSIDEINDIANA BUSINESS."I'M GERRY DICK.THE 2018 SESSION OF THE INDIANA

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS OFF ANDRUNNING.IT'S A SHORT 10-WEEK SESSION,BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY ISSUES

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THAT WILL GENERATE STAYED WIDEBUZZ, INCLUDING SUNDAY CARRYOUTAND EXPANDED COLD BEER SALES,WORKFORCE ISSUES, REDISTRICTING,

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THE MINIMUM WAGE TO NAME A FEW.FOR MORE ON WHAT THE SESSIONSHOT BUTTON ISSUES MIGHT BE ANDPOTENTIAL WINNERS AND LOSERS,

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LET'S BRING IN HOWEY POLITICSINDIANA PUBLISHER BRIAN HOWEY.AS ALWAYS WELCOME AND HAPPY NEWYEAR.

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>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.>> SHORT SESSION, GOING TO BE ASNOOZE FEST OR SOME ACTION?>> I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE

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SOME INTERESTING ISSUES.THE SHINY OBJECT AS WE CALL ITIS OBVIOUSLY THE ALCOHOL, THESUNDAY SALES, I THINK THAT'S A

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PRETTY DECENT CHANCE OF THATPASSING, SO WE'RE EXPANDINGBEYOND THE VINEYARDS AND BREWPUBS SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUY

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ALCOHOL ON SUNDAY.THE COLD BEER, THAT'S THE ONETHAT I THINK IS GOING TO GETSTALLED, PROBABLY IN THE SENATE.

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I'VE TALKED TO SENATOR ZAE, HEDIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A LOT OFSUPPORT FOR THAT SO THAT MIGHTBE THE THING THAT GETS LEFT

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BEHIND THERE.>> LET'S GO FROM SUNDAY ALCOHOLSALES TO A REAL CRISIS FOR THESTATE, AND THAT'S THE OPIOID

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EPIDEMIC THAT MANY STATES AREFACING RIGHT NOW.HOW DO YOU SEE THE LEGISLATUREDEALING WITH THIS?

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IT'S SUCH A BIG PROBLEM, ANEXPANSIVE PROBLEM, WHAT DO YOUSEE HAPPENING?>> I THINK FIRST OF ALL THERE IS

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A STORY THAT CAME OUT INDECEMBER SAYING THEY WERE NOTGOING TO SEEK ANY NEW FUNDING.WHEN I TALKED TO GOVERNOR

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HOLCOMB, HE WAS SAYING NO,THERE'S PROBABLY $100 MILLION INTHE PIPELINE THROUGH THE CURESACT, THROUGH THE HIP 2.0 WAIVER,

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I.U. IS GETTING INVOLVED, BALLSTATE.SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOMERESOURCES COMING IN.

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IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE, THELONG SESSION, THE BUDGET SESSIONIN 2019 WHERE THE STATE ISREALLY GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE

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SOME DECISIONS ON WHETHERTHEY'RE GOING TO PUT MOREFUNDING INTO THAT, AND WE'REGOING TO NEED IT.

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I MEAN, DRUG CZAR JIM MCCLELLANIS TELLING US THAT WE'RE NOTEVEN CLOSE TO REACHING THE PEAKOF THIS CRISIS, AND IT'S

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SWAPPING EVERYTHING FROM COUNTYJAILS TO E.R.s TO SCHOOLS THATARE BEING FLOODED WITH SPECIALNEED KIDS, BEING RAISED BY THEIR

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GRANDPARENTS.>> DO YOU SENSE AT THESTATEHOUSE AT THE LEGISLATURETHERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE

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DEPTHS OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE ASYOU MENTIONED, IT AFFECTSEVERYONE, BUSINESSES INCLUDED,IN A BIG WAY.

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>> I'VE BEEN WATCHING WITHFASCINATION THIS -- YOU'LL SEEALL OF A SUDDEN A SPADE OFOVERDOSE DEATHS IN LA PORT AND

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THEN DOWN IN MARTINSVILLE.WE'RE SEEING THESE THINGS SPIKE.CONNORSVILLE, IT'S HAPPENING --ANY LEGISLATOR, ALL 150 OF THEM,

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THEY'RE SEEING THIS IN REALTIME.>> ANOTHER BIG ISSUE, CERTAINLYTHE GOVERNOR HAS MADE IT A BIGISSUE ON HIS AGENDA IS WORKFORCE

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DEVELOP.MENT, TRAINING, GET MOREHOOSIERSTHEY NEED.HOW DO YOU SEE THAT WORKFORCE

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ISSUE?THERE'S SO MANY PROGRAMS GOINGON AROUND THE STATE.>> GOVERNOR TELLS ME THERE'S

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90,000 JOBS THAT CAN'T BEFILLED, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'TPASS A DRUG TEST.I TALKED TO BRIAN BURTON OVER

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WITH THE MANUFACTURERS, HE'SSAYING THERE'S 30 JOB PROGRAMSOVER NINE AGENCIES AND THESPEAKER, BRIAN BOSMA, CAME OUT

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THIS WEEK, IT'S ONE OF THEIRPRIORITIES, THEY WANT TO KIND OFAPLAY SOME METRICS, SEE WHAT'SWORKING, WHAT ISN'T.

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THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO ONWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.>> DO YOU ANTICIPATE THERE WILLBE SOMETHING DONE, THERE WILL BE

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A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THEWORKFORCE ISSUE?>> ABSOLUTELY NOT ONLY THIS YEARBUT NEXT, THAT AND THE SCHOOL

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FUNDING ISSUE, WE'RE HAVING SOMEPROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF RURALDISTRICTS THAT ARE LOSINGENROLLMENT, THEY'RE FACING SOME

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PROBLEMS SO WE GOT THE NEWSENATE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRMAN,RYAN MITCHLER WHO JUST ANNOUNCEDLEGISLATION THIS WEEK THAT'S

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GOING TO KIND OF PUT A BAND-AIDON IT.>> YOU MENTIONED RURAL FUNDINGFOR EDUCATION.

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ONE OTHER EDUCATION ISSUEINCREASINGLY GETTING ATTENTION,TEACHER SHORTAGE.>> THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE

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SESSIONS.YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER WHAT THE EDSCAITION SCHOOLS, WHAT KIND OFGRADUATES THEY'RE TURNING OUT

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AND WHETHER THE REQUIREMENTS,THE TESTS THAT THE TEACHERS HAVETO PASS, WHETHER THEY'RE TOOSTRINGENT, IT'S REAL.

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IT'S REAL AND THE STATE IS GOINGTO HAVE TO REALLY GET A HANDLEON THAT HERE IN THE NEXT THREEOR FOUR YEARS.

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