State of the State: Holcomb Proposes “Regional Recovery Program” to Accelerate Economy’s Rebound From Pandemic
(INDIANAPOLIS) The coronavirus pandemic shaped both the content and delivery of Governor Holcomb’s fifth State of the State address.
Instead of appearing in a packed House chamber, Holcomb delivered a speech pretaped in a studio with no audience, in what he acknowledged was a State of the State “unlike any other.” But the governor declared Indiana’s “foundation has held strong” amid the upheaval and grief of a pandemic which has killed more than 9,000 Hoosiers.
Holcomb says the discipline Indiana showed in better times has positioned the state to accelerate into the recovery years ahead of other states. He’s proposing a “Next Level Regional Recovery Program” to assist that effort. The program is similar to former Governor Mike Pence’s Regional Cities Initiative in focusing on regions of the state instead of individual cities or counties. But th