Local Politics: Drain the swampy Municipal Courthouse
Columbus wants to renovate the Franklin County Municipal Courthouse instead of replacing it. The people who work there say this very wet “derelict” building is beyond repair.
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Local Politics: Flock representative leaves halfway through Columbus City Council hearing
Of the 55 Columbus residents who signed up to speak at the hearing, only five voiced support for keeping the cameras in place.
Local Politics: A rundown of what the Flock is going on
The Columbus City Council is seeking public testimony ahead of an early August hearing on the future of Flock, a license-plate-reading surveillance camera system.
Local Politics: The small-time data center resistance
A petition to ban data centers statewide won’t be going to the ballot this year. So organizers are working locally instead.
Local Politics: City funding can’t meet the scale of the growing homelessness crisis
Why Columbus’ $13 million investment in services for the unhoused is unlikely to make a difference.
Local Politics: There’s nothing secondary about primaries
Here are the local candidates on Franklin County’s ballot this year.
Local Politics: Proposed trade partnership with Israel draws criticism
A bill to create an Ohio-Israel trade partnership is under review in the State Senate. Reactions in the city have been mixed at best.
Local Politics: The fallout of serving ICE(d) coffee
A local coffee chain has been under fire for saying it would not refuse to serve ICE agents. But the people who work there say that’s not the full story.
Local Politics: Show me the (weed) money
Under a new state law, Columbus will get payouts from a cannabis sales tax fund. We’ve been owed that money for two years.
Local Politics: Are we Charlie Kirk?
Here’s what Columbus educators have to say about the proposed Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act.