Daily Almanac: May 10, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:31 a.m.SET: 8:48 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: HIGH: 75 °FLOW: 48 °F Today is…: • Bike To School Day• National Shrimp Day• Trust Your Intuition Day What Happened On This Day: • 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president. Mandela’s inauguration came after more than 300 years of white rule. Before becoming…

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Duke Energy Foundation Invests More Than $300,000 In Workforce Development Initiatives To Strengthen Indiana’s Talent Pipeline

Funding will support workforce development and educational programs statewide, including in Bartholomew, Dearborn, Floyd, Hamilton, Howard, Huntington, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Morgan, Montgomery and Owen counties. The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding more than $300,000 in shareholder-funded grants to 16 organizations providing job search, education and specialized training opportunities for Hoosiers. “The most important investment we…

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Budget Earmarks Top $500 Million

By: Leslie Bonilla Muniz Spending on specific local projects climbed to $536 million in Indiana’s newest two-year budget, which Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law Thursday. Such earmarks, routed through the State Budget Agency, have risen steeply in recent budget cycles — up from just $18 million in 2015. The SBA is always allocated money…

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Leaflets Three…Let It Be!

It appears that consistent warm weather has finally arrived in Indiana and people are finally able to get out to commune with nature. This will probably result in a lot of rashes showing up in doctors’ offices. Most of the rashes we see in the summer are caused by poison ivy, one of three plants…

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Indiana Chamber Releases Top 12 List Of Most Impactful New Laws

The 2023 Indiana General Assembly session saw big policy wins for the state’s economic development efforts, employers and the Hoosier workforce and talent pipeline, says Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar. To tout those “big scores,” the state’s largest small business advocacy organization has just issued its Top 12 list of most…

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All-New Honda Accord & Subaru Crosstrek Immigrate To Indiana

By Casey Williams Honda recently celebrated forty years of building the Accord at its plant in Marysville, Ohio – the first domestic assembly plant for the automaker. By 2025, the just-redesigned Accord will transfer to Greensburg, Indiana as Honda refocuses Ohio operations on EVs. Similarly, Subaru has long built models like the Outback, Legacy, Impreza,…

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Dominant Indiana GOP Taking Aim At Big Cities

By BRIAN A. HOWEY Indiana Democrats will be facing an existential election this November. Already purged from rural areas and many small to medium-sized cities, holding no Statehouse constitutional offices, only two of 11 federal offices, and with superminority status in the General Assembly, the party has been relegated to the state’s big cities and…

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Stephen M. Squirlock Sr.

April 8, 1948, Friday, May 5, 2023 Stephen M. Squirlock Sr., 75, of Noblesville, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2023 at his home.  He was born on April 8, 1948 to Paul and Elizabeth (Semonich) Squirlock in Newark, New Jersey. Stephen attended Valparaiso University where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity, and…

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