Matter News takes home six awards in statewide journalism contests
This year, Matter News took home a combined six awards in contests presented by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Cleveland Press Club.
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‘It was a holy and sacred experience to speak for them’
Stacy Schwab had submitted a victim impact statement weeks earlier, but she wasn’t prepared to speak when she entered the courtroom with others who testified about the harms done by Purdue Pharma.
New union busting allegations surface as Columbus Metropolitan Library workers rally ahead of union vote
The coming vote is set to take place amid what council member Rob Dorans called ‘some of the most egregious union busting’ he has ever witnessed during a weekend rally at Franklin Park Amphitheater.
Salif Sarr finds a second home in Ohio
The Columbus-based Fulani singer will perform as part of ‘Ohio Is My Second Country,’ taking place at Arts Fest on Saturday, June 13.
On Development: Progressive tax policy in Ohio?!? Maybe
It’s very easy for owners to pay low taxes on decaying properties while waiting for somebody else to begin a resurgence. A proposed move to a land tax would make it harder for these squatters to wait.
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.
AI weapon-detection systems make their way to central Ohio schools
Even as the weapon-detection technologies offered by companies such as ZeroEyes find a place in local school districts such as Jonathan Alder, questions about its real-world efficacy remain.
Opinion: The politics of abandonment and the future of district representation in Columbus
At-large voting has produced a culture of auto-pilot governance by electeds who acquiesce to the demands of the donor class instead of their constituents, the most recent example of which is the handover of McCoy Park to the Haslam Sports Group.
Used Kids Records owner Greg Hall purchases Musicol
‘And I think the people who have been around the music scene, particularly, see [Musicol] as a beacon, as a legacy institution here in Columbus’
The Worker’s View: Upper Arlington stages anti-union ‘educational campaign’
The fleet workers voted in March to join Teamsters Local 284 in spite of the actions taken by the city.
‘It was a holy and sacred experience to speak for them’
Stacy Schwab had submitted a victim impact statement weeks earlier, but she wasn’t prepared to speak when she entered the courtroom with others who testified about the harms done by Purdue Pharma.
New union busting allegations surface as Columbus Metropolitan Library workers rally ahead of union vote
The coming vote is set to take place amid what council member Rob Dorans called ‘some of the most egregious union busting’ he has ever witnessed during a weekend rally at Franklin Park Amphitheater.
Salif Sarr finds a second home in Ohio
The Columbus-based Fulani singer will perform as part of ‘Ohio Is My Second Country,’ taking place at Arts Fest on Saturday, June 13.
On Development: Progressive tax policy in Ohio?!? Maybe
It’s very easy for owners to pay low taxes on decaying properties while waiting for somebody else to begin a resurgence. A proposed move to a land tax would make it harder for these squatters to wait.
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.
AI weapon-detection systems make their way to central Ohio schools
Even as the weapon-detection technologies offered by companies such as ZeroEyes find a place in local school districts such as Jonathan Alder, questions about its real-world efficacy remain.
Opinion: The politics of abandonment and the future of district representation in Columbus
At-large voting has produced a culture of auto-pilot governance by electeds who acquiesce to the demands of the donor class instead of their constituents, the most recent example of which is the handover of McCoy Park to the Haslam Sports Group.
Used Kids Records owner Greg Hall purchases Musicol
‘And I think the people who have been around the music scene, particularly, see [Musicol] as a beacon, as a legacy institution here in Columbus’
The Worker’s View: Upper Arlington stages anti-union ‘educational campaign’
The fleet workers voted in March to join Teamsters Local 284 in spite of the actions taken by the city.