As President Biden promises to spur domestic production through a Buy America initiative and massive investments in infrastructure and clean energy, Indiana could struggle to capitalize. Its technology and labor shortcomings illustrate broader concerns about U.S. competitiveness and national security that are drawing attention from lawmakers in both parties.
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The report defines a “good job” as one that covers local cost of living for an individual with or without one dependent plus employer health insurance. In Indiana the average for a job to be considered “good” is an annual salary of $36,900.
Nationally, 39 percent of workers are in “good jobs.” Indiana’s rate is higher, but would need to increase by about 10 percentage points to be competitive with some of the leading states.
The demographics of who has a “good job” shows disparities between many groups. Only about a third of Hoosier women in the state are in a “good job” compared to just more than half of men.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Allegion plc is a lock maker that still churns out its venerable emergency “panic bar” in Indianapolis, where the device was invented over a century ago after a deadly Chicago theater fire in which hundreds of people were trapped by locked exit doors.
But the future of locks, according to the American-Irish company’s chief executive, David Petratis, is digital - cloud technology, smart home devices and other connected applications, and for that it has turned outward, most recently acquiring a Colorado tech company.
“You have to take the old world and connect it to the new world, otherwise you become a commodity,” Petratis said.
A landmark study from the Brookings Institution suggests while Indiana has had one of the best recoveries from the pandemic, it still has many struggles to overcome. The first-ever study was conducted