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EDITORIAL: Mayor must sign road, benefits measures

One measure provides health care benefits to the domestic partners of city employees. The other, known as Complete Streets, requires that projects be designed to accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists and public transportation, not just cars.

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PROXY CORNER: HHGregg Inc.

Indianapolis-based HHGregg Inc is a retailer of consumer electronics and home appliances. It operates 212 stores in 17 states.

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Lacy Foundation names new president

Jill S. Lacy succeeds Margo Lacy Eccles, who served in that role for more than 30 years before her death June 25. She is married to Peter Lacy, Andre Lacy’s youngest son and nephew of Margot Eccles.

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Emmis agrees to sell two magazines for $9M

The publications, Country Sampler and Smart Retailer, together generated $1 million in operating income during the 12-month period ended May 31, according to a public filing. The transaction is expected to close by Sept. 30.

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IMA chooses new CEO from Kentucky art museum

Charles L. Venable, 52, the director and CEO of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville since 2007, was chosen to replace Maxwell Anderson, who left the IMA in January to become director of the Dallas Museum of Art.

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Area home-sale agreements jumped in July

Purchase agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area tracked by F.C. Tucker Co totaled 2,219 in July, a 9.7-percent increase over the same month last year. Overall year-to-date sale prices for the nine-county area increased by 2.5 percent, to $154,975.

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Hamilton County hotels report stronger occupancy

Helped in part by the Super Bowl, the county’s occupancy rate increased 8.4 percent, to 63 percent, compared with the first six months of 2011, according to a report by Tennessee-based Smith Travel Research.

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