Indiana rushes to spend virus relief aid on new jobs program

Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ryan Mishler, center speaks with a fellow senator during an April 1, 2021, Senate session at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Mishler's committee dedicated $75 million from the state's federal COVID-19 relief funding toward a new program helping workers obtain short-term training certifications despite the concept receiving little public discussion and few details on the money would be spent. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

This June 1, 2021, photo shows the entrance to the INvestED offices in Carmel, Ind. The little-known Indiana state agency has been tapped to oversee a new program helping workers obtain short-term training certifications that received $75 million from the state's federal COVID-19 relief funding despite receiving little public discussion and few details on the money would be spent. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)

In this April 17, 2019, photo, Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ryan Mishler speaks during a news conference at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Mishler's committee dedicated $75 million from the state's 2021 federal COVID-19 relief funding toward a new program helping workers obtain short-term training certifications despite the concept receiving little public discussion and few details on the money would be spent. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)