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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
NOW AROUND INDIAN.
AMTRAK TRAIN SERVICE CONNECTING
INDIANAPOLIS TO CHICAGO WILL BE

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SUSPENDED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1.
AMTRAK SAYS THE STATE DID NOT
AGREE TO CONTINUE TO HELP FUND
THE CONNECTING SERVICE FOR THE

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HOOSIER STATE LINE THAT CONNECTS
INDIANAPOLIS AND CHICAGO VIA
CRAWFORDSVILLE, LAFAYETTE,
RENSSELAER AND DYER.

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WORK ON THE RESTORATION OF THE
PAVILION AT THE INDIANA DUNES
STATE PARK HAS STARTED BACK UP.
OUR PARTNERS AT THE TIMES OF

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NORTHWEST INDIANA REPORT
PROTESTERS HAVE VOICED
OBJECTIONS TO THE PLANNED
CONSTRUCTION OF A BANQUET

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FACILITY AT THE SITE, AMONG
SOME OF THE OTHER RENOVATIONS.
GRACE COLLEGE SAYS ITS ASPIRE
CAMPAIGN HAS RAISED MORE THAN

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$38 MILLION. THE FUNDS WILL
SUPPORT UPKEEP AND EXPANSION OF
THE SCHOOL'S PROGRAMS, INCLUDING
A NEW COMPETITION-LEVEL SOCCER

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STADIUM AND THE COLLEGE'S
FIRST-EVER TRACK AND FIELD
COMPLEX.
SINCE 2017, GRACE HAS LAUNCHED

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SEVERAL NEW, HIGH-DEMAND
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING
AGRIBUSINESS, DIGITAL MARKETING
AND WORSHIP ARTS.

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THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ADJOURNED AFTER APPROVING A
TWO-YEAR, $34.6 BILLION BUDGET
, ALSO ADDRESSING THE MOST

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CONTROVERSIAL PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, A HATE CRIMES BILL.
THE INDIANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SAYS, OVERALL, IT WAS A GOOD

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SESSION, BUT LAWMAKERS DID NOT
TAKE ACTION ON ONE OF THE
CHAMBER'S TOP PRIORITIES:
SMOKING.

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INDIANA CHAMBER CEO KEVIN
BRINEGAR IS BACK WITH REACTION.
KEVIN, AS ALWAYS, WELCOME.
>> GERRY, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

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>> AGAIN, YOU FEEL GENERALLY
SPEAKING FOR BUSINESS, THE
SESSION WAS A POSITIVE ONE.
>> IT WAS OUTSTANDING ON MANY,

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MANY FRONTS.
WE'LL MOVE JOBS AND ECONOMIC
GROWTH FORWARD FOR OUR STATE, WE
DID THINGS LIKE MAKE THE VENTURE

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CAPITAL TAX CREDIT TRANSFERABLE,
WE HAVE A DATA CENTER INCENTIVE
BILL, DOUBLED THE FUNDING FOR
WORKFORCE TRAINING BOTH FOR

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EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AND PUT
MORE FOCUS ON THE FEDERAL
FUNDING TOWARDS HIGHWAY JOBS,
PASSED THE BIASED CRIME

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LEGISLATION SO IMPORTANT TO
INDIANA'S IMAGE AND MORE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE BIAS
CRIMES BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE

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CERTAINLY POSITIVE ABOUT THAT,
SOME SUGGESTED IT DIDN'T GO TOO
FAR.
>> IT WASN'T THE LIST OF

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ENUMERATED CHARACTERISTICS AND
TRAITS WAS NOT AS COMPREHENSIVE
AS WE WOULD LIKE, BUT IN
ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS

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LANGUAGE THAT SAID THAT THE
JUDGE CAN ENHANCE THE SENTENCE
FOR ANY CRIME COMMITTED BASED ON
ANY TRADE CHARACTERISTIC

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AFFILIATION, ET CETERA.
I'VE OH SPOKEN TO TWO RETIRED
INDIANA SUPREME COURT JUST IT
TISES WHO BOTH

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JUSTICES WHO SAID THEY BELIEVE
LOCAL JUDGES WILL USE THAT
LANGUAGE TO ENHANCE THE SENTENCE
FOR ANY BIAS CRIME COMMITTED

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AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S NOT
IN THE SPECIFIC LIST BUT IS IN
THE GENERAL CATEGORY.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT

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SOMETHING THAT DID NOT HAPPEN
THAT THE CHAMBER WANTED TO
HAPPEN AND THAT'S LEGISLATION
RELATED OH TO SMOKING.

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YOU WANTED TO SEE AN INCREASE IN
THE CIGARETTE TAX ALSO, AN
INCREASE IN THE LEGAL SMOKING
AGE FROM 18 TO 21, NEITHER

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HAPPENED.
>> AND THAT WE START TAXING
VAPING AND E-CIGARETTE PRODUCTS,
THAT WAS ONE AREA WE THINK THE

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY JUST COMPLETE
LIE FAILED.
LY
FAILED.

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OUR SMOKING RATE IS GOING UP
WHEN MOST OF THE STATES ARE
GOING DOWN, YEAR OVER YEAR,
VAPING WENT 78% AMONG TEENS.

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THIS IS AN AREA THAT MUST BE
ADDRESSED.
THE BALL WAS COMPLETELY DROPPED
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND

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IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WE'VE
GOT TO PUSH HARDER NEXT YEAR.
>> AND YOU AND MANY OH OTHERS
WILL SAY THAT SMOKING IS A

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BUSINESS ISSUE.
>> IT IS A BUSINESS ISSUE, IT'S
ESTIMATED TO COST INDIANA
BUSINESSES $6.2 BILLION A YEAR,

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THAT'S MONEY THAT DOESN' GET
SPENT FOR TRAINING, FOR WAGES
AND SALARIES, FOR PLANT AND
EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION, IT JUST

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GETSED
FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET.
>> WILL YOU BE BACK AGAIN AT THE
STATEHOUSE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT

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IS THIS
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE PART OF THE ALLIANCE FOR
A HEALTHIER INDIANA, ALONG WITH

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THE HOSPITAL, STATE MEDICAL
ASSOCIATIONS, ANTHEM, AND THE
TOBACCO CESSATION ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO QUIT.

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IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR
BUSINESS CLIMATE AND OUR SMOKING
RATE IS 50% HIGHER THAN THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE.

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WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT IN THE POLICY REALM, AND
THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN AND
SHOULD BE DONE THAT WILL IMPACT

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THAT FOR HOOSIERS.
>> VERY QUICKLY, ONLY ABOUT
20 SECONDS BUT EDUCATIONING,
YOUR TAKE ON THAT, PEOPLE ON

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BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE, SOME
SAID IT WAS GREAT --
>> I THINK THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
DID AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD

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WITHOUT RAISING TAXES AND WHILE
STILL MAINTAINING A BALANCED
BUDGET, A SOLID RAINY DAY FUND
AND A AAA BOND RATING, BUT THEY

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SCRAPED THE CUPBOARDS OUT AND
PUT IN A LOT OF ADDITIONAL MONEY
FOR EDUCATION, RECOGNIZING THAT
OUR TEACHER SALARIES AND

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EDUCATION FUNDING HAVE SORT OF
BEEN FALLING BEHIND HERE IN
RECENT YEARS.
>> ALL RIGHT.

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KEVIN BRINEGAR FROM THE INDIANA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AS ALWAYS