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Favorable weather helps push up profit at IPL

Operating income climbed 16 percent for the first nine months of the year at IPALCO Enterprises, the holding company for Indianapolis Power & Light Co. IPALCO had operating income in the period of $155.9 million, compared with $133.8 million a year ago. Revenue was $1.1 billion, up 8 percent. The company attributed the increase to higher retail margins due to […]

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Hotter climate likely to hurt tourism in Indiana, study says

Attendance at outdoor summer concerts, like this one sponsored by Noblesville Main Street, could suffer because of higher temperatures. (IBJ file photo) Indiana’s rising temperatures could affect summer tourism, with the prospect of hot, sticky, summer days making outdoor activities uncomfortable and warmer temperatures limiting many winter activities, according to a Purdue University study. That […]

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Editorial: My.indy.gov is step up for city

We encourage the city to not only complete implementation of the site but to fully fund continual upgrades. The public’s expectation of being able to interact with city government online, without a trip downtown, will only grow.

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State museum improves visits for visually impaired

The Indiana State Museum has created an app meant to make the museum more accessible to people who are visually impaired or blind. The Indiana State Museum Guide app provides visitors with an audio tour that guides them to artifacts, interactives and exhibits. Specific audio instructions, combined with tactile maps and special floor guides, make […]

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Eiteljorg Museum renovates Western galleries, adds pieces

“A Buck-jumper,” a painting by Frederic Remington, has been rehung in the Eiteljorg Museum’s Western art galleries. (Photo courtesy Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art) The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will unveil its newly renovated Western galleries Nov. 10 as part of the opening of “Attitudes: The West in […]

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