This article is an example of the need for strong and unambiguous bias crimes legislation. To join our efforts to support this change, visit http://indychamber.com/advocacy/bias-crimes/. EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) – The FBI is investigating after a shot was fired through a synagogue in Evansville. It happened at Adath…
View MoreThis article is an example of the need for strong and unambiguous bias crimes legislation. To join our efforts to support this change, visit http://indychamber.com/advocacy/bias-crimes/. FORT WAYNE — “This is a hate crime.” That’s what a white supremacist told a Fort Wayne…
View MoreIt’s way past time for Indiana to join 45 states in passing a hate crimes law that will enhance or create new penalties when a judge or jury determines a defendant’s actions were motivated by bias. Would such a law have stopped the offensive vandalism at Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in…
View MoreThis article is an example of the need for strong and unambiguous bias crimes legislation. To join our efforts to support this change, visit http://indychamber.com/advocacy/bias-crimes/. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Anti-Semitic graffiti has been discovered at an assisted living home in Floyds Knobs. The Indianapolis Jewish Community…
View MoreThis article is an example of the need for strong and unambiguous bias crimes legislation. To join our efforts to support this change, visit http://indychamber.com/advocacy/bias-crimes/. NEW HAVEN, Indiana — Jason Gardner first recounted the attack to police as he lay on a hospital bed shortly after…
View MoreThis article is an example of the need for strong and unambiguous bias crimes legislation. To join our efforts to support this change, visit http://indychamber.com/advocacy/bias-crimes/. NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) – A New Haven family wants justice. They said their son was brutally beaten and they’re calling it…
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The next session of the Indiana General Assembly will produce a two-year budget for the state and likely grapple with a number of critical issues – protecting Hoosiers from hate crimes, raising cigarette taxes to invest in public health and workforce productivity, exploring new incentives for redevelopment and industrial reuse…the…
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Your Indy Chamber is committed to continued improvement of the Indianapolis Public Schools; we represent thousands of employers that pay IPS taxes, hire IPS graduates, and do business within the district’s boundaries. Indiana’s biggest school system is shaping our future workforce, preparing its students to compete in tomorrow’s job market…
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Your ballot also affects the Indy Chamber’s advocacy plans: Our partnership with the Indianapolis Public Schools to promote efficiency and academics (while protecting taxpayers) depends on the outcome of IPS referenda and school board races. We’re also finalizing an ambitious agenda for the 2019 session of the Indiana General Assembly…
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Several members of the Indy Chamber team traveled to Denver this week with a delegation of business executives, elected officials and civic leaders for our annual Leadership Exchange trip. Like Indianapolis, Denver is the state capitol, the heart of Colorado’s largest region and economy. Denver is also a winner in…
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