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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Dual charter amendments could reshape how Columbus City Council members are elected
With City Council set to introduce its own charter amendment to appear on the November ballot alongside the initiative spearheaded by Our City, Our Say, here’s a look at how we got here and what could be next.
Opinion: Columbus’ Flock debate is not facts versus feelings
Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses far beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
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.
Activists push Columbus to join other Ohio cities in cutting ties with Flock
While Cleveland and Dayton have recently taken steps to distance themselves from Flock Safety cameras, Columbus officials continue to adopt more of a wait and see approach.
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: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility
After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors.
Dual charter amendments could reshape how Columbus City Council members are elected
With City Council set to introduce its own charter amendment to appear on the November ballot alongside the initiative spearheaded by Our City, Our Say, here’s a look at how we got here and what could be next.
Opinion: Columbus’ Flock debate is not facts versus feelings
Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses far beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
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.
Activists push Columbus to join other Ohio cities in cutting ties with Flock
While Cleveland and Dayton have recently taken steps to distance themselves from Flock Safety cameras, Columbus officials continue to adopt more of a wait and see approach.
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: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility
After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors.