{"id":16341,"date":"2017-11-09T03:31:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T08:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=16341"},"modified":"2017-11-18T18:31:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T23:31:28","slug":"indiana-governor-sets-legislative-tone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/11\/09\/indiana-governor-sets-legislative-tone\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Governor Sets Legislative Tone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/11\/09\/indiana-governor-sets-legislative-tone\/holcomb-lg-headshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Holcomb-LG-Headshot.jpeg?fit=438%2C547&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"438,547\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Holcomb LG Headshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Holcomb-LG-Headshot.jpeg?fit=438%2C547&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Holcomb-LG-Headshot.jpeg?resize=240%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Holcomb-LG-Headshot.jpeg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Holcomb-LG-Headshot.jpeg?w=438&amp;ssl=1 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><br \/>\nIndiana Governor Eric Holcomb says his 2018 agenda will focus on improving job training and fighting the opioid crisis.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But the Republican governor avoided taking a stand Wednesday (11\/8) on some hot-button issues. That includes debates on whether to end Indiana&#8217;s prohibition on Sunday takeout alcohol sales or eliminate the licensing requirement for carrying a handgun in public. Holcomb also opposes a push by Republican state Representative Jim Lucas and some military veterans groups to legalize medical marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>The governor says his main focus is improving job training as Indiana faces daunting challenges in adapting to a global economy.<\/p>\n<p>The state did well during the heyday of manufacturing, but many of those jobs are gone. Experts say residents need to be trained for higher-skilled work that is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb says his 2018 agenda will focus on improving job training and fighting the opioid crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4fz","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 09:52:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16343,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16341\/revisions\/16343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}