FROM INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Indiana is improving in some key economic areas, according to the latest report card released by the state Chamber of Commerce Tuesday.

But in many areas, that improvement is being outpaced by other states.

The report cards, released every couple of years, are tied to the chamber’s economic vision plan.

It tracks metrics across a range of issues, everything from labor force participation and entrepreneurship to health care costs and educational attainment.

Outgoing chamber C-E-O Kevin Brinegar says Indiana ranks in the top ten of only seven of the report card’s 49 national measures.

The progress isn’t happening fast enough because other states are improving at a faster pace.

Incoming C-E-O Vanessa Green Sinders says the chamber will bring the report card’s message to lawmakers — even as legislative leaders promise a quieter 2024 session.

Areas where Indiana lags that the chamber highlighted are health care costs and early childhood education