Holcomb won’t dismiss criticism of Indiana despite new economic investments

Gov. Eric Holcomb isn’t dismissing critiques of Indiana’s competitiveness regardless of latest financial investments within the state.

Just a few weeks in the past, Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks delivered sharp criticism over Indiana’s skill to draw companies and expertise. He mentioned the Hoosier State doesn’t measure up within the training attainment of its workforce, well being care prices and the inclusion of underrepresented teams and immigrants.

Then, final week, Lilly introduced a $2 billion growth within the state.

Nonetheless, Holcomb mentioned that doesn’t negate Ricks’s warnings.

“I believe Mr. Ricks acknowledged the plain,” Holcomb mentioned. “The extra expertise, the extra educated, the more healthy, the extra expert up Hoosiers are, the higher each firm – not simply Eli Lilly – however each firm will do.”

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Holcomb emphasised that Indiana’s extra necessary asset is folks – and the way sensible and wholesome they’re.

On the press convention asserting Lilly’s new funding, Ricks mentioned the corporate and the state must work collectively to make sure a “fixed move of highly-trained staff.”

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