INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A new legislative session starts Tuesday in Indiana where tax breaks for individuals and businesses are in play.
With billions in surplus cash, Governor Eric Holcomb wants to change a law that returns some of that money to taxpayers so that nearly a million more get refunds; and also eliminate a 30-percent tax businesses pay for equipment.
He’s resisting calls for deeper tax cuts for everyone.
"We will continue to make responsible tweaks, but we'd also like to live within our means around here," Governor Holcomb said.
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Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, supports this plan.
"Our caucus shares the goal of making changes to our taxpayer refund law so more Hoosiers will be eligible for the refund and continuing to make improvements to our workforce development efforts to meet the demand of today's job market," Bray said.
Also some investments in workforce training, including dealing with the shortage of teachers. The Department of Education is building a new teacher supply-and-demand marketplace that will connect educators with job opportunities in Indiana. Additionally, the state is strengthening its data-driven public workforce system to connect unemployed Hoosiers with employers, jobs and training programs.
Absent from Holcomb’s plans is COVID-19. He’s said because that’s day-to-day.
"I can take a marker and write COVID at the top if you want," he said. "But that's another item that we're doing on a day in, day out basis."
There is Republican legislation that would end the COVID state of emergency and prevent many workplace vaccine mandates.
Democrats, in the minority, have their own agenda, which includes marijuana. Without Republican support, they can do little on their own.
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