Dan Carden

Gov. Mike Braun has decided to retain the regional alignments developed under his predecessor as the means for implementing workforce and economic development policies over the next four years.

The Republican chief executive said Thursday he agrees with the results of a study conducted by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business that found the state's existing regional partnerships are the best structure for managing the widely varying economic interests across the state.

In 2024, local government and business leaders continued or established 15 multi-county associations to compete for a second $500 million round of workforce development and quality of place grants through the Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiat

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