Indianapolis Business Journal

This week, John Russell takes a close look at Indianapolis Power & Light’s electricity rates. Ten years ago, they were the cheapest among the top 20 largest cities in America. But the utility has raised them 57 percent over the past decade, and it's gearing up to raise them again. Also in this week’s paper, Anthony Schoettle examines the possible repercussions of the proposed acquisition of Indianapolis Star owner Gannett by New York-based Gatehouse Media. Gatehouse would become the largest newspaper chain in the country, and many media industry observers fear that it will try to find cost savings by cutting positions in Gannett newsrooms. And Lindsey Erdody explains the seemingly counter-intuitive merger of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky and a Planned Parenthood affiliate in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian islands. The combination is meant to share the Western chapter’s resources with the struggling Midwestern affiliate.