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Duke Energy rate increase, 3rd grade reading assessment, GOP changes | Indiana Newsdesk

Coming up on  Indiana Newsdesk:

Duke Energy is proposing a rate hike that would cost the average customer more than $300 a year. Ahead, Duke makes its justification for the increase, while Bloomington leaders sound the alarm about how hike could affect local residents.

Some students are spending their summer working on their reading skills. Coming up, the pressure to pass the state’s high stakes 3 rd grade reading assessment.

And buckle up — it’s been a wild week for the state’s Republican party. Our statehouse reporter joins us with the latest, and he explains how Democrats are trying to seize on this time of transition.

Those stories and the latest news headlines from across the state, Friday at 6 on  Indiana Newsdesk.

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