On Development: Of salad greens and sensible growth
Many developers and sellers confuse demand for a certain type of housing and a willingness to buy. There are hundreds of thousands of people in central Ohio who prefer older houses and apartments.
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Evolved Body Art wrestles with accountability
In interviews with Matter News, former staff members described what they termed a history of inappropriate behavior within the shop enabled and perpetrated by owner Nick Wolak, who said the business is ‘putting in the work to make Evolved Body Art better from the ground up.’
Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump
As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states.
How Wexner’s desire for a city center led to a more fragmented Columbus
As the central Ohio retail magnate faces a larger public reconciliation owing to his ties with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a look back at how the Wexner name became so synonymous with the city.
‘They took away our voices’: Administrators quash planned Plain City student walkout
In a statement sent late last week to district families, the Jonathan Alder Board of Education wrote that while it recognizes and respects the constitutional right of students to express their views, ‘those rights must be exercised in a manner that does not disrupt the operation of the schools.’
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.
‘If the adults don’t, kids will’: Columbus students continue to protest ICE
‘I definitely think this is only the beginning, and it’s going to grow bigger and more powerful as more people speak up.’
Ohio’s Recovery: The past, present, and future of the overdose crisis
Fewer people are dying from overdose, but the policies and the social determinants of health did not vanish.
Longtime OSU Wexner Medical Center doctor received payments from Epstein
Dr. Mark Landon, the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and a faculty member at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center since 1987, said in a statement that he did not provide clinical care for Jeffrey Epstein or any of his victims.
Waiting for judgment in Springfield, Ohio
Harsh times for America's most famous Haitian community.
Evolved Body Art wrestles with accountability
In interviews with Matter News, former staff members described what they termed a history of inappropriate behavior within the shop enabled and perpetrated by owner Nick Wolak, who said the business is ‘putting in the work to make Evolved Body Art better from the ground up.’
Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump
As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states.
How Wexner’s desire for a city center led to a more fragmented Columbus
As the central Ohio retail magnate faces a larger public reconciliation owing to his ties with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a look back at how the Wexner name became so synonymous with the city.
‘They took away our voices’: Administrators quash planned Plain City student walkout
In a statement sent late last week to district families, the Jonathan Alder Board of Education wrote that while it recognizes and respects the constitutional right of students to express their views, ‘those rights must be exercised in a manner that does not disrupt the operation of the schools.’
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.
‘If the adults don’t, kids will’: Columbus students continue to protest ICE
‘I definitely think this is only the beginning, and it’s going to grow bigger and more powerful as more people speak up.’
Ohio’s Recovery: The past, present, and future of the overdose crisis
Fewer people are dying from overdose, but the policies and the social determinants of health did not vanish.
Longtime OSU Wexner Medical Center doctor received payments from Epstein
Dr. Mark Landon, the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and a faculty member at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center since 1987, said in a statement that he did not provide clinical care for Jeffrey Epstein or any of his victims.
Waiting for judgment in Springfield, Ohio
Harsh times for America's most famous Haitian community.