Streetcar’s No. 1 Problem: Obstructionism
The Chastity Bunch
Ohio Republicans continue their ill-conceived war on sex education, women’s rights and health care for the poor
Healthy Hits
Statewide group asks Ohio voters to legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp
Think of the Children
Local leaders pledge to support efforts to put more low- and middle-income kids in preschools
The Many Merits of Cycling Infrastructure
Republicans Continue Voter Suppression Tactics
City Manager Defends Streetcar in Light of Budget Gap
Budget Gap Threatens Streetcar
Policy Group: Ohio House Tax Plan Favors Wealthy
Study: Medicaid Improves Mental Health Outcomes
Morning News and Stuff
Local unemployment rises, FitzGerald to run for governor, tea party protests Medicaid
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The region’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate shot up in January, with the City of Cincinnati at 8.6 percent, up from 6.7 percent in December; Hamilton County at 7.9 percent, up from 6.2 percent; and Greater Cincinnati at 8 percent, up from 6.4 percent. The rates were still lower than January 2012, when Cincinnati was at 8.8 percent, Hamilton County was at 8.3 percent and Greater Cinc...
Quinlivan Pushes Review of Fire Ordinance
Friends, family of victims call for more safety rules
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, March 12, 2013
On New Year’s Day, a fire broke out in a residential home near the University of Cincinnati that led to the deaths of UC students Chad Kohls and Ellen Garner, and their friends and family say the deaths could have been prevented by a better fire ordinance code. Now, Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan is heeding their call. Speaking in front of the Livable Communities Committee today, friends and ...
Morning News and Stuff
Parking plan on hold, mall renovations to go ahead, Kasich's sales tax plan under fire
{CommentsCant} · Monday, March 11, 2013
Cincinnati’s plan to lease parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority remains on hold as a lawsuit arguing the law should be subject to referendum works through the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The legal dispute is focused on City Council’s use of the emergency cl...
Morning News and Stuff
Federal unemployment down, state joblessness up, Tower Place Mall renovations detailed
{CommentsCant} · Friday, March 8, 2013
In February, the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, from 7.9 percent in January, and the nation added 236,000 jobs. Many of the new jobs — about 48,000 — came from construction, while government employment saw a drop even before ...
Morning News and Stuff
Judge halts council's parking plan, city's deficit options, gun records could be sealed
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, March 7, 2013
City Council approved a plan to lease the city’s parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, but the plan is now being held up by a judge’s temporary restraining order (TRO). The plan was passed with an emergency clause, which...
Q&A: Roxanne Qualls
Vice mayor talks immigration, parking plan, streetcar
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, March 7, 2013
For better or worse, Cincinnati will have to deal with another major election cycle in 2013. With a few hot-button issues already grabbing the public spotlight, a lot could be at stake when voters pull the lever on Nov. 5 — making a proper understanding of the candidates all the more important.
Most people get to know candidates through fragments of information spread out in multiple s...
Most people get to know candidates through fragments of information spread out in multiple s...
City Manager Presents Deficit Reduction Options
Long-term plan could swing City Council’s parking vote
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. gave a presentation to City Council today that explained how Cincinnati could work to reduce its structural budget deficits. The presentation was presumably in response to Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan, who said Monday that she wanted to see a long-term deficit reduction plan before she could approve the city manager’s proposal to lease parking assets to the Por...
Council Approves Parking Plan, Judge Orders Temporary Halt
Injunction puts agreement to lease parking assets on hold
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
In a 5-4 vote today, City Council approved a plan to lease Cincinnati’s parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to help balance deficits for the next two fiscal years and fund development projects in Downtown, but the plan is now being held up by a Hamilton County judge's temporary restraining order (TRO).The plan was approved with an emergency clause, which ...
Bad Budgets Show Bad Leaders
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Budgets are supposed to give elected officials at all levels
of government a chance to show off their strengths and agendas, but
recent issues have mostly raised questions about whether these people
are actually capable of leading to begin with.
City Council Committee Passes Parking Plan
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
City Council’s Budget and Finance
Committee on March 4 approved a plan to lease Cincinnati’s parking
assets to the Port Authority in a 4-3 vote, but part of the plan was
separated from the budget, leaving it open to referendum.
