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
Losing Democracy
Redistricting helped the GOP win the House, and it almost caused the fiscal cliff
0 Comments · Thursday, January 3, 2013
Over the past few weeks, the political
drama in Washington, D.C., has circulated around the “fiscal cliff,” a
series of tax hikes and spending cuts set to kick in for 2013. On Jan.
1, U.S. Congress narrowly avoided the fiscal cliff. But the close call
left some wondering: Could it have been more easily prevented,
particularly through redistricting reform?
Morning News and Stuff
Fiscal cliff averted, Boehner uses naughty word, private prison penalized
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Happy new year! Yes, planet Earth made it through another year. Welcome to an “extra saucy” Morning News and Stuff. U.S. Congress managed to narrowly avert the “fiscal cliff,” a series of tax hikes and spendi...
Morning News and Stuff
Local unemployment unchanged, schools could open enrollment, 2013 challenges schools
{CommentsCant} · Friday, December 28, 2012
Facing tight budgets, Ohio schools, including Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), are considering open enrollment. The move would open school doors to neighboring communities. It was previously considered by CPS a decade ago, but the plan didn’t have enoug...
Morning News and Stuff
Youthful prisons get mixed report, Leis to stay on public payroll, shelter move approved
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, December 27, 2012
Despite problems with staff and records, a report is calling changes to Ohio’s youth prisons system a model for the nation. The report from a court-appointed monitor praised the Ohio Department of Youth Services for reducing the number of offenders in secure confinement and spreadin...
Cover This
Recaps of six cover stories people talked about in 2012
1 Comments · Thursday, December 27, 2012
CityBeat covered a variety of topics in 2012. Here are the stories that really stuck through, from the former pit bull ban to the Anna Louise Inn to private prisons.
Extra! Extra! 2012 Didn’t Suck
0 Comments · Thursday, December 27, 2012
A lot happened in Cincinnati and Ohio in
2012, and, for the most part, the year was good to progressives around
the nation and in Cincinnati.
Music Hall Renovations Coming
0 Comments · Thursday, December 27, 2012
Cincinnati’s Music Hall will be getting
renovations, but the project will be much smaller than anticipated.
Leis to Stay on Public Payroll
0 Comments · Thursday, December 27, 2012
Outgoing Hamilton County Sheriff Simon
Leis is retiring after his current term and Jim Neil will replace him on
Jan. 6, 2013, but that doesn’t mean Leis is done with public life.
Morning News and Stuff
CPS helps rework school funding, cuts mean less teachers, judges against double-dipping
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Cincinnati Public Schools seems to be playing a big role in reforming Ohio’s school funding formula. Superintendent Mary Ronan got a call from Gov. John Kasich’s office about the per-pupil funding formula CPS uses to distribute funds to its schools. It seems the state might adopt a similar method, but Ronan is...
Morning News and Stuff
End of world today, state unemployment dips, fiscal cliff plan abandoned
{CommentsCant} · Friday, December 21, 2012
Today is the end of the world. Whatever. Life sucks anyway. Ohio’s unemployment rate dropped from 6.9 percent to 6.8 percent in November. Gains were concentrated in trade, transportation, and utilities, financial activities and educational an...
