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&gt;&gt; TIME TO CHECK IN NOW ON WHAT

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OUR PARTNERS ON THE IBJ ARE

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WORKING ON THIS WEEK.

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MANAGING EDITOR GREG WEAVER IS

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HERE WITH A LOOK. GREG?

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WELCOME TO THE SHOW AS ALWAYS.

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,

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GERRY.

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WORKER SHORTAGES ACROSS THE

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STATE INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION

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INDUSTRY, WHICH IS REALLY TRYING

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TO MANAGE THAT SITUATION.

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&gt;&gt; YEAH, VERY MUCH SO.

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THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO NEED AN

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ADDITIONAL 275,000 CONSTRUCTION

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WORKERS BY 2026.

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SO, THE INDIANA CONSTRUCTION

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ROUND TABLE IS WORKING WITH

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LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BEEF UP

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROGRAMS AND

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ALSO TRY TO OFFER MORE

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INTERNSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL

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STUDENTS.

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&gt;&gt; YOU MENTIONED INTERNSHIPS.

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CERTAINLY DURING THE PANDEMIC

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AND DATING BACK TO 2020,

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UNIVERSITIES' CAMPUSES WERE SHUT

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DOWN AND THAT HAD A DIRECT

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IMPACT ON INTERNSHIPS.

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COMPANIES AND INTERNS TRYING TO

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FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEXT?

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&gt;&gt; YEAH, EXACTLY.

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DURING THE PANDEMIC, 70% OF

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INTERNS SAID THEY WERE

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DISSATISFIED WITH THE REMOTE

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WORK ASSIGNMENTS THEY WERE

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GIVEN.

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NOW THEY ARE ASKING COMPANIES TO

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GIVE THEM MORE IMMERSIVE

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EXPERIENCES AND COMPANIES ARE

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TRYING TO DO THAT FOR THEM.

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&gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT.

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LET'S LOOK AT THE INDIANA

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STATEHOUSE.

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CERTAINLY A BIG FOCUS ON INDIANA

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AS LEGISLATORS IN SPECIAL

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SESSION DISCUSS AN ABORTION

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BILL.

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THE IMPACT COULD BE WIDE

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RANGING, INCLUDING ON ABORTION

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CLINICS.

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&gt;&gt; THAT'S RIGHT.

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THE RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN

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PROPOSED THAT WOULD BAN

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ABORTIONS, EXCEPT IN THE CASES

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OF RAPE, INCEST, AND THE LIFE OF

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THE MOTHER THREATEN INDIANA'S

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SEVEN FREE-STANDING ABORTION

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CLINICS.

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ONE OF THEM TOLD US THAT IF THE

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RESTRICTIONS PROPOSED REMAIN IN

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PLACE, THEY LIKELY WOULD BE

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FORCED TO CLOSE.

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&gt;&gt; THOSE ARE JUST THREE OF THE

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STORIES IN WHAT WILL BE A JAM

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PACKED INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS


